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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Burnett: To 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] Mr. Denham: The 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.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

354 c635-6W; 132708

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Contracts Advisory services Health authorities NHS Managers NHS trusts Staff

Link

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