§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what written advice and guidance is given to employees of the national health service including trusts on the conflicts of interest that may arise when they hold a beneficial interest in private care homes or hostels.
§ Dr. MawhinneyHealth authorities and trusts as employers are responsible for ensuring that their employees' private interests do not conflict with their public duties. Current guidance issued by the Department in personnel memorandum (86) 7, a copy of which is available in the Library, includes a model contract of employment for general managers of health authorities. This stipulates that the employee must declare to the authority any financial interest or relationship which may affect its policies or decisions.
Advice on professional conduct issued by the General Medical Council recommends that when a doctor refers a patient to a private care home or hostel in which he or she has an interest, the patient must be informed of that interest before the referral is made.
Parliamentary electors registered in selected constituencies of West Yorkshire, 1983–1992 Note: BC = borough constituency: CC=county constituency Parliamentary constituency 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Batley and Spen BC 74,699 75,131 75,435 74,953 75,334 75,987 76,125 76,327 77,486 77,381 Colne Valley CC 70,455 70,502 70,789 70,827 71,057 71,658 71,755 72,079 72,948 72,935 Dewsbury CC 70,623 71,028 71,879 71,656 71,838 72,183 72,315 72,575 73,767 73,816 Huddersfield BC 68,951 68,814 68,609 67,215 67,247 66,983 66,121 65,921 68,272 68,324 The figures in this table are those supplied by electoral registration officers at the times when the registers come in to use each year.
Source: Population estimates unit, OPCS.