Written question asked by Lindsay Hoyle (Labour) on Thursday, 14 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 November 2004. It was answered by Melanie Johnson (Labour) on Monday, 1 November 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures are in place to ensure that evidence given by a hospital trust is accurate; and what action he can take against hospital trusts who submit inaccurate and misleading information.

Answer: Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what procedures are in place to ensure that evidence given by a hospital trust is accurate; and what action he can take against hospital trusts who submit inaccurate and misleading information. [192288] Miss Melanie Johnson: We expect all national health service trusts to act with probity and integrity in their conduct. In this, NHS trusts are performance managed by strategic health authorities. The Code of Conduct for NHS managers was issued in October 2002 under the National Health Service Act 1977 and the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990. The code is set out as a series of principles that NHS managers will observe. This includes the principle that a manager: " . . . will be honest and act with integrity and probity at all times. I will not make, permit or knowingly allow to be made, any untrue or misleading statement relating to my own duties or the functions of my employer."

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 192288; 426 c137-8W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Disclosure of information Codes of practice Hospitals Evidence NHS NHS trusts Misrepresentation
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk