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consider and make recommendations to Government on the
necessary legislation for incorporating the statutory
Authority, its formal relationship with Government, in
particular the financial arrangements, as well as a
regional committee structure which will provide a high
degree of devolution of authority and responsibility to
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the regions and, the integration of the subvented
hospitals. The Provisional Hospital Authority will not
have any executive powers and the present system of
hospital operation will continue until such time as the
statutory Hospital Authority is formed, which we hope will
be in 1989.
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I fully accept that it is necessary as far as
possible to allay the worries of the staff of the Medical
and Health Department who will be affected by the
changes. Proper channels of consultation with the staff
have been established and there are now regular formal and
informal contacts for views and ideas to be exchanged.
All existing staff have been assured that they will be
able to retain their civil servant status under the new
system if they so wish, and that their present status will
not be changed the establishment of the Provisional
Hospital Authority. There will need to be a great deal of
further consultation before the new terms and conditions
of appointment are accepted and implemented after the
statutory Hospital Authority is established.