§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff and of what grade are in post at the Department of Health, and the national health service management executive, to monitor and manage the implementation of national health service trust business plans.
§ Mr. Dorrell.The preparation of NHS trust business plans is a matter for their own management boards. Certain financial parts of the business plan are monitored by the NHS trust finance branch of the NHS management executive.
The staff numbers and grades in post at present in this branch whose responsibilities are much wider than the monitoring of Trust business plans are:
Number Grade 5 0.75 PES 1.00 Grade 7 3.50 SEO 2.00 HEO(D) 1.00 HEO 3.00 EO 2.00 AO 1.00 There are occasions when input from other branches of the NHS management executive is required.