HC Deb 23 November 2001 vol 375 cc582-3W
Mr. Heald

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the(a) existing and (b) proposed NHS (i) national directors posts, (ii) commissions, (iii) offices, (iv) types of trust, (v) types of authority, (vi) groups, (vii) boards, (viii) committees, (ix) forums, (x) councils and (ix) bodies. [16613]

Ms Blears

[holding answer 22 November 2001]: The Department of Health public appointments annual report 2000, copies of which were sent to all hon. Members, contains details of all national health service trusts, primary care trusts, health authorities, special health authorities and non-departmental public bodies, including their chairs and non-executive members, as at 1 April 2000.

The 2001 public appointments annual report will be published, covering local and national bodies and appointments as at 1 April 2001. As in previous years, copies of the report will be sent to all hon. Members.

25 primary care trusts and 14 NHS trusts have been established since 1 April 2001. 28 new health authorities are to be established from April 2002 to replace the 95 currently established. An anticipated 15 care trusts are likely to be established during the course of 2002–03. About 120 PCTs are likely to be established over the course of the next two years. Other national bodies established since 1 April 2001 and those planned for the future are as follows. National Bodies established since 1 April 2001

  • Advisory Committee on Tissue Banking
  • General Social Care Council
  • National Treatment Agency
  • National Patient Safety Agency
  • Prescription Pricing Control Tribunal
  • Social Care Institute for Excellence
National Bodies planned to be established
  • Council for the Regulation of Healthcare Professionals
  • Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health
  • Health Professionals Council
  • NHS Shared Services Programme
  • Nursing and Midwifery Council
  • Tobacco Regulatory Authority
  • Medical Education Standards Board.

Directors and chief executives of special health authorities and departmental non-departmental public bodies are listed in "Public Bodies 2000", a copy of which is in the Library. The 2001 edition of "Public Bodies" will be published in January 2002.

There is a wide range of other offices, groups, committees, forums and bodies operating within the NHS, information on which is not held centrally.