§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what(a) financial and (b) personal resources have been allocated to support the work of the clinical standards advisory group;
187W(2) how often the clinical standards advisory group has met;
(3) if he will make it his policy to publish an annual report on the work of the clinical standards advisory group;
(4) if he will make it his policy that work done by the clinical standards advisory group should be made available to the public;
(5) if he will make it his policy to publish a response to each report produced by the clinical standards advisory group;
(6) how often the clinical standards advisory group will publish its findings;
(7) if he will list the members of the clinical standards advisory group;
(8) what authority will be given to the clinical standards advisory group to initiate its own areas of work;
(9) when the Clinical Standards Advisory Group had its first meeting.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe Clinical Standards Advisory Group comprises a chairman and 16 members as follows:
- Dr. Gordon Higginson (Chairman)
- Professor June Clark
- Professor Roy Duckworth
- Sir Terence English
- Miss Pam Hibbs
- Miss Jennifer Hunt
- Miss Rosemary Jenkins
- Miss Wilma Macpherson
- Dr. Michael O'Brien
- Professor Eurfil Rhys Davies
- Professor John Richmond
- Professor Michael Rosen
- Mr. Derek Seel
- Dr. Nuala Sterling
- Professor Victor Tindall
- Dr. Colin Waine
- Professor Sir Dillwyn Williams
In addition, the General Medical Council, the General Dental Council, the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, the General Medical Services Committee and the Joint Consultants Committee have each nominated an observer to attend meetings.
Under section 62 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, the CSAG will report to Health Ministers, and to NHS bodies, on the remits that each may give to the group. Health Ministers will normally publish reports made to them together with their responses. NHS bodies which commission work by the group will decide on the handling of the group's reports. Health Ministers will expect to receive and publish periodic overview reports from the group on its work at suitable intervals.
The CSAG has no statutory authority to initiate its own areas of work. However, Health Ministers will attach importance to the views of the group on the areas of work which they might be invited to cover. Health Ministers provide administrative and professional support to the CSAG from within their Departments. In 1991–92 £900,000 has been set aside to meet secretariat and other costs arising from the group's work.