To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to date has been of the alert letter system to warn trusts about NHS staff who have caused concern. - Alert letter system is administered by the regional directors of public health. The Department does not collect information on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to date has been of the alert letter system to warn trusts about NHS staff who have caused concern. - Alert letter system is administered by the regional directors of public health. The Department does not collect information on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will appoint an appeal panel under the Family Health Services Appeal Authority to consider the case of Dr Barney Williams of the Marshfield Road Surgery, Chippenham; how honourable Members can make representations to an appeal panel set up under the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will appoint an appeal panel under the Family Health Services Appeal Authority to consider the case of Dr Barney Williams of the Marshfield Road Surgery, Chippenham; how honourable Members can make representations to an appeal panel set up under the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will order a public inquiry into the case of Mr Kolathuv Unni including (a) his recruitment back into the NHS and (b) the conduct of the General Medical Council; and if he will make a statement. - (Holding answer 11...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will order a public inquiry into the case of Mr Kolathuv Unni including (a) his recruitment back into the NHS and (b) the conduct of the General Medical Council; and if he will make a statement. - (Holding answer 11...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what investigations were made by UK authorities in New Zealand into the conduct of Mr Kolathuv Unni (a) prior to his initial recruitment to the NHS and (b) at the time of his successful application to be re-admitted to the Medical Register....

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what investigations were made by UK authorities in New Zealand into the conduct of Mr Kolathuv Unni (a) prior to his initial recruitment to the NHS and (b) at the time of his successful application to be re-admitted to the Medical Register....

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the circumstances (a) in which Mr Kolathuv Unni was allowed to practise psychiatry in the NHS, having previously been struck off by the General Medical Council and (b) the General Medical Council took into account...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the circumstances (a) in which Mr Kolathuv Unni was allowed to practise psychiatry in the NHS, having previously been struck off by the General Medical Council and (b) the General Medical Council took into account...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the cases of waiting list manipulation his Department recorded in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999, (d) 2000, (e) 2001 and (f) 1st January 2002 to date. - Inc table and ref to the National Audit Office report...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the cases of waiting list manipulation his Department recorded in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999, (d) 2000, (e) 2001 and (f) 1st January 2002 to date. - Inc table and ref to the National Audit Office report...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trust managers have been dismissed on grounds of gross misconduct after manipulating waiting list figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trust managers have been dismissed on grounds of gross misconduct after manipulating waiting list figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures have been introduced since 1997 (a) to speed up the complaints process against hospital practitioners and (b) to increase the powers of the General Medical Council.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures have been introduced since 1997 (a) to speed up the complaints process against hospital practitioners and (b) to increase the powers of the General Medical Council.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers the General Medical Council has to discipline hospital practitioners who are found to have been guilty of (a) serious professional misconduct and (b) other less serious misconduct charges.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers the General Medical Council has to discipline hospital practitioners who are found to have been guilty of (a) serious professional misconduct and (b) other less serious misconduct charges.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how long investigations into allegations of professional misconduct for hospital practitioners and the final judgment have taken for the last five years; and what the status is of the person under investigation while the complaint is being processed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how long investigations into allegations of professional misconduct for hospital practitioners and the final judgment have taken for the last five years; and what the status is of the person under investigation while the complaint is being processed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints about the conduct of hospital practitioners have been received in each year from 1997. - Inc table.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints about the conduct of hospital practitioners have been received in each year from 1997. - Inc table.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors have been (a) disciplined and (b) sacked for (i) drug-taking offences and (ii) stealing medical drugs in each year since 1997. - (Holding answer 8 January 2002).

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors have been (a) disciplined and (b) sacked for (i) drug-taking offences and (ii) stealing medical drugs in each year since 1997. - (Holding answer 8 January 2002).

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the NHS (General Medical Services) Amendment (No 4) Regulations (SI No 3742) and the NHS (General Medical Services Supplementary List) Regulations 2001 (SI No 3740), whether it is his policy that there should be a requirement on health authorities...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the NHS (General Medical Services) Amendment (No 4) Regulations (SI No 3742) and the NHS (General Medical Services Supplementary List) Regulations 2001 (SI No 3740), whether it is his policy that there should be a requirement on health authorities...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists have been (a) struck off and (b) reprimanded for professional negligence in each year since 1995. - Includes table. (Holding answer 24 January 2000).

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists have been (a) struck off and (b) reprimanded for professional negligence in each year since 1995. - Includes table. (Holding answer 24 January 2000).

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve protection of the public from bogus, dangerous and unethical health professionals covered by the Council for the Professions Supplementary to Medicine.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve protection of the public from bogus, dangerous and unethical health professionals covered by the Council for the Professions Supplementary to Medicine.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department has given to NHS trusts on the procedures they should adopt for checking the qualifications of those who apply for posts as operating department practitioners; how many cases of misconduct by operating department practitioners have been reported to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department has given to NHS trusts on the procedures they should adopt for checking the qualifications of those who apply for posts as operating department practitioners; how many cases of misconduct by operating department practitioners have been reported to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each health authority the expenditure on (a) damages for negligence and (b) out-of-court settlements for each of the last five years. - Inc table.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each health authority the expenditure on (a) damages for negligence and (b) out-of-court settlements for each of the last five years. - Inc table.