Special Hospitals Service Authority (Hansard, 25 July 1989)

§ Mr. Freeman

With the agreement of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department, we have decided that the authority's membership should reflect the Government's proposals for health authority membership in the White Paper, "Working for Patients". Accordingly, there will be five non-executive members, including the chairman, and four executive members—the chief executive, medical and nursing advisers and a finance director.

I am pleased to announce that Dr. Donald Dick, a consultant psychiatrist, a vice-president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and former director of the Health Advisory Service, and Mr. James Collier, a business consultant and former deputy secretary in my Department, have accepted my invitation to serve as members of the authority. The names of the two remaining non-executive members will be announced shortly, following further consultation with my right hon. Friend.

The executive members are to be appointed following open competition for the posts in question. The first of these appointments has now been made: Mr. Charles Kaye, currently district general manager, Basingstoke and North Hampshire health authority, will be joining the authority as its chief executive. Arrangements for the selection of the authority's other senior managers have been put in hand, and the outcome will be announced in due course.

I am also pleased to announce that, as a result of a selection process based on open competition, Dr. Diana Dickens has been appointed general manager, Rampton hospital and Mr. Alan Franey, general manager at Broadmoor hospital. The selection process for the appointment of general manager, Moss Side and Park Lane hospitals, is continuing and, until its completion, interim arrangements are being made for management of those hospitals.