Recommendation 11: Reconstitute the Hospital Management Committee

The present members of the Hospital Management Committee should be invited to resign and the Committee reconstituted. In view of the pressing need to reorganise services at Whittingham, a small committee of about eight should be set up pending the establishment of an Area Health Board covering the Preston area. There is a need both for fresh blood and for continuity ; and also for close links with the Preston and Chorley Hospital Management Committee and the Directors of Social Services for Preston County Borough and Lancashire County.