HC Deb 02 November 1994 vol 248 cc1226-7W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will investigate and make public the circumstances at Burnley NHS Healthcare trust in which the chief executive and chairman each called for the other's resignation.

Mr. Sackville

I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave the hon. Member for Burnley (Mr. Pike) on 1 November. The chief executive resigned on 28 October.

Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what qualities she took into account in deciding to appoint Mr. James Rawson as chairman of Burnley NHS Healthcare trust.

Mr. Sackville

Mr. Rawson was re-appointed as chairman of Burnley NHS Healthcare trust from 1 December 1993 following his performance as chairman of the trust between 1 December 1991 and 31 November 1993.