Sussex Ambulance Service NHS Trust (Hansard, 17 November 1998)

HC Deb 17 November 1998 vol 319 c564W 564W

§ Mr. Gibb
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons he did not re-appoint Mr. Martyn Long CBE DL for a second term as Chairman of the Sussex Ambulance Service NHS Trust. [60045]

§ Mr. Milburn
Mr. Long's application was considered alongside other possible candidates according to the Department's procedures for the appointment of National Health Service board members, details of which are available in the Library.
It is made clear to all those invited to serve on National Health Service boards that the appointment is for a set term of office, and there can be no presumption of re-appointment.