§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what duties proprietors of homes registered under the Registered Homes Act 1984 have to maintain and file accounts of income and expenditure for each resident.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyProprietors of residential care homes are required by regulations made under the Registered Homes Act 1984 to keep records of money and valuables deposited with them by residents, or received on their behalf. A record of the return of money or valuables and of the use made of them must also be kept.
§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the names and occupations of the members of the panel of experts set up under the Registered Homes Act 1984.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe list shows the names and occupations of members of the panel of experts, who are appointed by the Lord President of the Council, to enable registered homes tribunals to hear appeals under the Registered Homes Act 1984.
Expert panel for residential care homes tribunal
- R. Bessell—Managing Director of Retirement Security Ltd. and former Director of Social Services.
- D. Browne—Retired Assistant Director of Social Services.
- M. Burrell—Retired rest home proprietor.
- W. J. C. Churchill—Executive Secretary, Association for Residential Care.
- K. Coleman—Assistant Director of Social Services.
- G. S. Dunn—Retired Consultant for the Leonard Cheshire Foundation and Director of Social Services.
- F. G. Edwards—Residential Care Home Proprietor.
- J. B. Fisher—Proprietor/Manager Residential Home for Adults with Mental Handicap.
- B. Garner—Director Mental After Care Association.
- Mrs. L. Gladwin—Social Work Consultant.
- Dr. Barbara J. Gray—Retired staff tutor in social studies.
- J. Hanson OBE—Retired Director of Social Services.
- G. Harper—Divisional Director, Social Services Department.
- R. Humphries—Freelance Social Services Consultant, former Director of Social Services.
- D. C. James—Retired Director of Social Services.
- M. S. Jobbins—Senior Principal.
- Miss M. G. Joynson OBE—Retired Senior Director of Dr. Barnados
- Miss S. Matheson—Area Manager MENCAP Homes Foundation.
- Miss S. A. Poupard—Retired Deputy Director of Social Services
- J. Regan—Retired head of Home and Trustee of the Leonard Cheshire Foundation.
- Miss J. Reynolds—Hospital Manager for people with a mental handicap.
- J. I. Stephens—Retired Assistant Director of Social Services.
- P. Tyndall—Co-ordinator, Cardiff University Social Services.
- D. Wakefield—Retired Director of Social Services.
- Mrs. J. J. Waldron—Head of Inspection Unit.
- P. L. Watts—Independent Consultant to providers of health and social care services.
- Miss K. Wells—Retired from British Red Cross and former Deputy Director of Social Services.
- K. J. White—Director of Residential Community.
- Miss M. O. Woodier—Freelance Consultant in Residential Care.
Expert panel for nursing home tribunals
- Dr. A. K. Admani—Consultant Physician.
- Dr. A. K. Banerjee—Consultant Physician and Honorary Lecturer Geriatric Medicine, Manchester University.
- Dr. J. R. Cox—Consultant Physician.
- Dr. G. H. Hall—Consultant Physician.
- Dr. M. Hildick-Smith—Consultant in Geriatic Medicine.
67 - Dr. G. A. Jones-Davis—Consultant in Public Health Medicine.
- Dr. D. L. Kerr—Retired General Practitioner, County Councillor.
- Dr. S. M. McDougall—Consultant in Public Health Medicine.
- Mr. R. T. Marcus—Consultant Surgeon.
- Mr. B. A. Maurice—Retired Consultant Surgeon.
- Dr. N. Merali—General Practitioner, Hospital Practitioner (Geriatric) Nursing Home Owner.
- Dr. P. Tiplady—District Medical Officer.
- Mrs. S. M. D. Adams—Nursing Home Registration/ Monitoring Officer.
- Mrs. C. Alford—Nursing Home Proprietor, Company Director.
- Mr. K. Dainty—Chief Inspector/Registration Officer for Nursing Homes.
- Mrs. R. Doidge—Director Nursing Services (Community).
- Mrs. T. Galletly—Partner in Nursing Home.
- Miss P. Jenkins—Registration Officer/Senior Nurse.
- Mrs. N. Kelly—Matron and Deputy House Governor.
- Mrs. H. M. McGregor—Partner/Manager Private Nursing Home.
- Mr. J. W. Sharp—Director Quality Assurance and Regional Manager.
- Mrs. M. Wilson—Director of Nursing Services.
§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department has issued about action general practitioners should take if they come across neglect or abuse in a home registered under the Registered Homes Act 1984.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyGPs should bring any apparent evidence of neglect or abuse of a resident to the attention of the registration authority.
§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if there is a procedure for the courts to inform a registration authority when a registered proprietor or member of staff of a home registered under the Registered Homes Act 1984 is convicted of a criminal offence.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyUnder the recently agreed arrangements for the disclosure of criminal records to registration authorities, if a police force becomes aware
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South-East Thames and South-West Thames Numbers waiting for in-patient treatment waiting between one and two years and more than two years at March 1990 and September 1990 Total waiting Total waiting 12 to 23 months at: 24+ months at: Health authority 31 March 1990 30 September 1990 31 March 1990 30 September 1990 South-East Thames Regional Health Authority 9,343 9,987 8,773 7,829 Bexley 395 514 158 212 Greenwich 423 408 316 302 Bromley 291 237 207 72 West Lambeth 433 803 1,883 1,728 Camberwell 314 442 208 211 Lewisham and North Southwark 1,548 1,284 1,430 1,196 South-West Thames Regional Health Authority 8,391 8,017 4,732 4,242 Croydon 550 509 152 133 Kingston and Esher 1,261 1,151 812 797 Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 420 459 213 275 Wandsworth 462 349 184 41 Merton and Sutton 449 531 70 70 that the owner or manager of a home has acquired a conviction likely to be of interest to the registration authority, the force will pass that information on.