HC Deb 06 July 1995 vol 263 cc338-9W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health where registers of trust board members' interests are held. [32986]

Mr. Malone

Each national health service trust must hold and maintain a register of board members' interests and that register must be available to the public on request, in accordance with the "Codes of Conduct and Accountability for NHS Boards", copies of which are available in the Library.

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what procedures exist to register conflicts of interest declared by trust board and health authority members; and how many such matters have been notified to his Department or the NHS executive. [32976]

Mr. Malone

The codes of conduct and accountability require members of national health service boards to declare any private interests that are potentially material and relevant to NHS business and to have those interests recorded in board minutes and entered into a register. Guidance from the NHS executive recommends that the register should be kept up to date by means of an annual review. There is no requirement on members of NHS authorities and trusts to make any additional declaration of interests to the NHS executive or to the wider Department of Health.