§ Mr. GrieveTo ask the Secretary of State for Health in which papers and journals the vacancy for the chairmanship of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children NHS Trust was advertised; and on what criteria the publications were selected. [144444]
§ Mr. DenhamA decision was made to publicise this vacancy in both the general and ethnic press in the host health authority area. The papers selected were the New Camden Journal, the Asian Times, Eastern Eye, Caribbean Times and New Nation on the basis that they would reach a large number of local readers.
In addition, candidates were drawn from the London regional register of those who had responded to a national advertisement in 1999 for generic chair and non-executive appointments. These candidates had been previously interviewed by panels including independent assessors and had been deemed suitable for appointment.
This combined approach assured a wide choice of high calibre candidates through national and local advertisement.