§ Mr. DenhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will meet the Manufacturing, Science and Finance Union to discuss local procedures for handling freedom of speech issues within the national health service.
§ Dr. MawhinneyWe have already offered a meeting with departmental officials to discuss these matters.
§ Mr. DenhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the responses she has received to her Department's draft guidance on freedom of speech; and if she will place a copy of the responses in the Library.
§ Dr. MawhinneyResponses have been received from:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Joint Consultants Committee
- British Medical Association
- National Association of Health Service Public Relations Officers
- Manufacturing, Science and Finance Union
- Royal College of Nursing
- Royal College of Midwives
- General Whitley Council
- COHSE/NALGO/NUPE
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
- Guild of Hospital Pharmacists
- National Health Service Consultants Association
- General Medical Council
- Mental Health Act Commission
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- Public Concern at Work
- North Western Regional Health Authority
- Office of the Health Service Commissioner
- MCB University Press
- University of Wales College of Medicine
- Association for Community Health Councils
- National Association of Health Authorities and NHS Trusts
- Regional Health Authority Chairmen and Regional General Managers Inter-Regional Secretariat
- Department of Employment
- Patients Association
- Institute of Health Service Management
- NHS Support Federation
- MENCAP
- Weston Park Hospital
- Prince Charles Hospital—Mid Glamorgan
- Cheshire FHSA
- Walsall FHSA
- Gloucestershire FHSA
- North Tyneside FHSA
- Tameside FHSA
- Cumbria FHSA
- Wiltshire FHSA
- Surrey FHSA
- Devon FHSA
- Cleveland FHSA
- Dyfed FHSA
- West Glamorgan FHSA
- Bethlem Royal Hospital and The Maudsley Hospital SHA
- Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's SHA
- Hospital for Sick Children: Great Ormond Street SHA
- North Western RHA
- West Midlands RHA
- East Birmingham HA
- Dorset HA
- South Warwickshire HA
- Cambridge HA
- West Glamorgan HA
- Glamorgan HA
- Mid Glamorgan HA
- Gwynedd HA
- Health Manpower Division—South Glamorgan HA
- Gwynedd Community Health Unit
- Gateshead Community Health NHS Trust
- Newham HA
- West Birmingham CHC
- Powys Health Authority
- Rhondda Health Unit
- Hounslow and Spelthorne CHC
- Kidderminster District Health Authority
- Middlesbrough General Hospital
- East Gloucestershire NHS Trust
- South Yorkshire Met. Ambulance and Paramedic Service
- North East Essex Mental Health Service NHS Trust
- West Dorset General Hospital NHS Trust
- New Possibilities: Services for People with Learning Disabilities NHS Trust
- South Downs Health NHS Trust
- Sheffield Children's Hospital
- United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospital
- Frimley Park Hospital
- Mid Cheshire Hospital
- St. Helens and Knowsley Community Health NHS Trust
- Airedale General Hospital
- Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Community Team for Mental Health in the Elderly
- Mersey Regional Ambulance Service
- Weston Park Hospital
- Guy's and Lewisham NHS Trust
- Airedale NHS Trust
- Croydon Community Health NHS Trust
- Kingston Hospital NHS Trust
- St. Helier NHS Trust
- The North Middlesex Hospital
- Devon Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- Burnley Health Care NHS Trust
- North Tees Health NHS Trust
- Hastings and Rother NHS Trust
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- Frenchay Healthcare NHS Trust
- Bath and West Community NHS Trust
- The Royal Oldham Hospital and Community Services NHS Trust
- Weston Area Health NHS Trust
- Wiltshire Health Care NHS Trust
- South Tees Health NHS Trust
- Lincolnshire Ambulance and Health Transport Service NHS Trust
- West Lambeth Community Care NHS Trust
- Exeter Community Health Service NHS Trust
- Lancaster Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
- Horizons NHS Trust
- Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust
- Northern General Hospital NHS Trust
- Pembrokeshire NHS Trust
- Broadgreen Hospital NHS Trust
- Parkside Health NHS Trust
- The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust
- United Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Royal London NHS Trust
- Ravensbourne NHS Trust
- First Community Health NHS Trust
- Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust
- South West Thames Renal Unit—St. Helier Hospital
- Epsom Health Care NHS Trust
- Staffordshire Neurosurgical Service
- Hither Green Hospital
- Beacon Medical Care (Private Family Doctor Service)
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital NHS Trust
- Doncaster Healthcare NHS Trust
Comments have also been submitted by a number of individuals.
It would not be appropriate to place copies of comments in the Library without the specific consent of the bodies or individuals concerned.
§ Mr. DenhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when she expects to issue revised guidelines on freedom of speech in the national health service.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe extensive comments received on the draft guidance merit full and careful consideration. Final guidance will be issued as soon as possible.
§ Mr. DenhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will consider inserting a reference to the duty of care of NHS staff in the draft guidance on freedom of speech.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThis will be considered in conjunction with other comments received on the draft guidance.