HC Deb 01 November 1994 vol 248 cc1086-7W
Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what representations she has received regarding Burnley Health Care Trust; and if she will make a statement.

(2) If she now proposes to call for an independent inquiry into the problems at Burnley Health Care Trust; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. Sackville

We have received a number of representations about Burnley health care national health service trust, some of which call for an independent inquiry. The trust has commissioned an independent expert investigation into the management of the women's unit at the trust and the circumstances of the dismissal of consultant gynaecologist Mr. Ian Mahady, and will make public the findings.