Burnley Health Care N.h.s. Trust Management Crisis

EDM number 1705 in 1993-94, proposed by Peter L Pike on 02/11/1994.

That this House believes that there should be an urgent and independent inquiry into the affairs and management of Burnley Health Care NHS Trust; notes that in September Mr Ian Malady, a gynaecologist and clinical director, was sacked at three hours' notice and offered a cash payoff of ú100,000 and that despite this being done at the time with the alleged agreement of the Trust Chief Executive, Mrs M. Aikman and Trust Chairman, Mr James Rawson, and with the backing of the Trust Board, on Monday 2nd October Mr Rawson asked Mrs Aikman to resign; notes that on Tuesday 25th October Mrs Aikman called on Mr Rawson to resign and said that she was being made the scapegoat; notes that on Friday 28th October she resigned with a cash settlement understood to be in excess of ú250,000 and with a clause preventing her from any comment; notes that on Monday 31st October the Medical Advisory Council of the Trust called for the resignation of the Medical Director, Dr Sam Pickens, who is understood to be willing to go on payment of ú1 million; and believes the Trust clearly no longer has the confidence of the people of Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale who see management wrangles and misuse of funds for cash payouts to resolve these problems rather than medical treatment for people within the Trust area.

This motion has been signed by a total of 3 MPs.