§ Mr. BurnettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he issues to health authorities or trusts about employment contracts of senior administrative and managerial personnel employed by the NHS; and where they are published. [132708]
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§ Mr. DenhamThe National Health Service Executive have issued guidance to NHS trusts and health authorities on employment contacts in respect of
the pay and conditions of service for NHS managers in trusts and health authorities who retain residual national arrangements, set out in Personnel Management (86)7 (which also included a model contract for general managers, amended by Health Service Guidance (96)1), and in Health Circular (89)1 (which also included model contract clauses for senior managers);the pay and conditions for managers in health authorities, effective since 1 April 1998, set out in Health Service Circular 1998/017;a service-wide policy restricting the use of short term contract for all staff working in the NHS, set out in Health Service Circular 1999/108; and,guidance on the early termination of general and senior managers fixed term rolling employment contracts, set out in Health Service Circular 199/138 and Health Service Circular 1999/140.Copies of these are in the Library. Guidance published since 1996 is also available on the Department's website.