HC Deb 02 December 1993 vol 233 cc704-5W
Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the effectiveness of her code of practice in relation to the case of Ivan Biddle, who was sacked by Barnet general hospital, for expressing to his trade union his concern about the running of the hospital mortuary.

Dr. Mawhinney

Mr. Biddle was dismissed from his post as anatomical pathology technician at Barnet general hospital in October 1990. The National Health Service Management Executive's "Guidance For Staff On Relations With The Public And The Media" (EL(93)51) was issued on 8 June 1993, copies of which are available in the Library.