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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.