§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many employees who have left the NHS have required permission to join firms of management consultants in each of the last five years.
§ Dr. Mawhinney[holding answer 17 December 1993]: This information is not available centrally. Employment issues such as this are the responsibility of local national health service employers. The Department of Health does not require employers to include any restrictive clause in employment contracts preventing employees from immediately taking up employment as a consultant after resigning from the NHS.