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66070

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Christie NHS Foundation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a compromise agreement has been reached, or is in the process of being reached, with the currently suspended chief executive of the Christie NHS Foundation Trust on the termination of her employment.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	204260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>The decision to settle a dispute with an employee is an employment matter between the Trust and the employee.</p><p> </p><p>We have written to Sir Hugh Taylor, Interim Chair of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, informing him of this enquiry. He will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 204258 question first answered 10/07/2014 15:34:45 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

66072

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Christie NHS Foundation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that whistleblowers willing to give evidence on allegations of wrongdoing at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust will not be victimised or otherwise suffer detriment from the Trust for so giving evidence.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	204259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has been very clear that people working in the National Health Service should be supported to raise concerns. Trusts should have whistleblowing policies in place that are compliant with the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.</p><p> </p><p>It is in the interests of patients and staff that trusts foster a culture where NHS workers feel confident that when concerns in the public interest are raised they will be heard. To that end, on 24 June, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced that Sir Robert Francis QC, will lead an independent review of whistleblowing policies and practices in the NHS, which will consider what more can be done to further protect NHS workers who speak out in the public interest.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Secretary of State wrote on 5 March 2014 to all Chairs in NHS trusts and foundation trusts in England to reiterate the vital importance of fostering a culture of openness and transparency in the NHS in which concerns about care can be raised, investigated and acted upon.</p><p> </p><p>We have introduced a contractual right to raise concerns and issued guidance for NHS organisations. In March 2012, we strengthened the NHS Constitution to include an expectation that staff will raise their concerns early and a pledge that their employer will act upon those concerns.</p><p> </p><p>We are also introducing a Duty of Candour, so that when things go wrong, organisations have a statutory duty to admit mistakes and tell patients what has happened.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/07/2014 15:40:21 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

66103

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Christie NHS Foundation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will direct Monitor to publish its strategy for engaging with whistleblowers in its fact-finding investigation into alleged wrongdoing at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	204257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>No. This is a matter for Monitor as the system regulator of health services in England.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/07/2014 15:40:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

66105

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Christie NHS Foundation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that no settlement is reached between the Christie NHS Foundation Trust and its chief executive, Caroline Shaw, on the termination of her employment until Monitor and the Care Quality Commission have concluded their current investigations into allegations of wrongdoing and published the outcome.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	204258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>The decision to settle a dispute with an employee is an employment matter between the Trust and the employee.</p><p> </p><p>We have written to Sir Hugh Taylor, Interim Chair of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, informing him of this enquiry. He will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 204260 question first answered 10/07/2014 15:34:46 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

66107

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Christie NHS Foundation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on allegations that tissue samples were sold by the Christie NHS Foundation Trust to pharmaceutical companies without the knowledge of the patients concerned; whether his attention was drawn to any such allegations; and what investigation his Department has (a) conducted and (b) plans to conduct into such allegations.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	204255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>These allegations were not previously known to either the Department or Ministers.</p><p> </p><p>This written question has been brought to the attention of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, and the system regulators – in this case, Monitor, the Care Quality Commission, and the Human Tissue Authority. The regulators are best placed to deal with such concerns as they have statutory powers to take action where necessary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/07/2014 15:38:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper