Civil Liberties And The National Health Service

EDM number 189 in 1992-93, proposed by Alice Mahon on 04/06/1992.

That this House is deeply concerned at the growing number of Health Service employees who are being sacked for exercising their consciences and speaking out against the lowering of standards in patient care; notes the aggressive management techniques being introduced by the trust managers including gagging clauses in employment contracts which intimidate staff into silence; and accordingly condemns the Leader of the House for his response to the honourable Member for Halifax in which, for political purposes, he sought to trivialise this important issue of civil liberties.

This motion has been signed by a total of 73 MPs.