§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the names of the members of chairs of(a) the NHS supplies authority and (b) the Bromley health authority on 1 April.
§ Mr. Malone[pursuant to his reply 21 April 1994, c. 668]I regret that potentially misleading information was given in the previous reply concerning the membership of the National Health Service Supplies Authority. The reply stated that there is no statutory bar to the appointment of chairman and members of other health authorities to the NHS Supplies Authority. The reply omitted to state that the regulations governing NHS trusts do not allow individuals to be appointed to NHS trusts if they are members of the NHS Supplies Authority. One of those listed in the reply, Mr. Frederick Hoult, was chairman of the Freeman Group of Hospitals NHS trust, and has subsequently been found to have become technically disqualified from his trust appointment when he was appointed to the NHS Supplies Authority on 1 October 1991.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list by name and position those chairs, members and non-executive directors of district health authorities, FHSA, NHS trusts, shadow NHS trusts and other NHS authorities which have dual appointments as chairs, members or non-executive directors of other district health authorities, FHSAs, NHS trusts, shadow NHS trusts and other NHS authorities.
§ Mr. Malone[pursuant to his reply 25 April 1994, c. 68–69]: I regret that potentially misleading information was provided in the previous reply. The reply included a list of dual national health service appointments which included five cases which have subsequently been found to be invalid. The reply also stated that appointees to other NHS bodies are permitted to be appointed as members of the NHS Supplies Authority and the Mental Health Act Commission. This was accurate in relation to some NHS bodies but did not reflect the position for NHS trusts, whose chairmen and non-executive directors may not be appointed to special health authorities.
Corrective action has been taken and 11 individuals whose appointments were invalid now hold only valid appointments. These individuals are listed as follows. The posts in which individuals continue are marked with an asterisk:
Mr. Frederick Hoult: Chairman of the Freeman Group of Hospitals NHS Trust, and member of the NHS Supplies Authority*.Mrs. Phyllida Entwistle: Chairman of the Furness Hospitals NHS Trust*, and member of the Mental Health Act Commission.Miss Georgina Linton: Non-executive director of Guy's and Lewisham Mental Health NHS Trust*, and member of the Mental Health Act Commission (Miss Linton resumed as a non-executive director of the Trust after her term at the Mental Health Act Commission ended on 31 October 1994).Mrs. Lotte Mason: Non-executive director of Ravensbourne Priority Health NHS Trust, and member of the Mental Health Act Commission*.Professor Elaine Murphy: Non-executive director of North West London Mental Health NHS Trust, and member of the Mental Health Act Commission*. (Professor Murphy will resume as 1231W non-executive director of the Trust after her present term at the Mental Health Act Commission ends on 30 November 1994).Ms Rosalie Szasz: Non-executive member of Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster FHSA*, and member of the Dental Vocational Training Authority.Mr. Brian Westbury: Non-executive member of Redbridge and Waltham Forest FHSA*, and member of the Dental Vocational Training Authority.Mr. John Mooney: Non-executive member of Bury FHSA*, and member of the Dental Vocational Training Authority.Mr. Julian Bedford: Non-executive member of North Yorkshire FHSA*, and member of the Dental Vocational Training Authority.Mr. John Renshaw: Non-executive member of North Yorkshire DHA*, and member of the Dental Vocational Training Authority.Professor Alasdair Geddes: Non-executive member of North Birmingham DHA, and member of the Health Education Authority*.