Health written question – answered at on 29 January 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health in what circumstances he may suspend (a) a chairman and (b) a non-executive director of an NHS (i) trust or (ii) primary care trust using powers under sections 66 and 67(3) of the National Health Service Act 2006.
The Secretary of State for Health can suspend a chairman or director of a national health service trust or a chairman or member of a primary care trust, by using powers under sections 66 and 67(3) of the National Health Service Act 2006 to make an intervention order.
An intervention order under section 66 may be made if the Secretary of State considers that the trust is not performing one or more of its functions adequately or at all, or that there are significant failings in the way it is being run, and the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is appropriate for him to intervene under section 66.
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