§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 25 November 2002,Official Report, column 136W, regarding ethical foreign nurse recruitment, how he plans to inform (a) NHS organisations, (b) overseas Governments, (c) overseas nurses and (d) other interested parties, of agencies that have been reported by the Workforce Development, Confederation for failure to adhere to the code of practice. [84772]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 2 December 2002]: Where reported breaches of the code of practice are substantiated the agency will be removed from the list of agencies who are compliant with the code of practice that the Department of Health publicises.