HL Deb 09 March 1995 vol 562 c29WA
Lord Molloy

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they agree with the view expressed by Mr. Roy Lilley, the Chairman of Homewood NHS Trust, in Healthcare Today in November 1994 that the first duty of an NHS doctor is not to his patients but to the organisation in which he works.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Baroness Cumberlege):

The Government remain fully committed to the National Health Service and that means putting patients first.