§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list all the occasions on which he has appointed a person to a post in the national health service which has not been advertised.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 2 December 1993]: Most NHS appointments are the responsibility of individual health boards and trusts. Some staff of the management executive are employees of the Common Services Agency and a number of such staff have been seconded to that body from another NHS employer without their posts being advertised.
§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his policy on recruitment of persons to posts in the NHS which have not been advertised.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 2 December 1993]: Posts in the NHS are in general filled by open advertisement or by secondment from another employer.