§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will instruct commissioning agencies to continue to employ sufficient public health doctors, with sufficient support from other health professionals, to monitor the health of their local populations, advise on priorities in the commissioning process and provide leadership to the health alliances mentioned in "The Health of the Nation".
§ Dr. MawhinneyHealth service guidelines issued in November 1993, HSG(93)56, copies of which are available in the Library, set out clearly the requirement for district health authorities to employ public health doctors.