Recommendation 17: Professional Executive and therapeutic teams
From Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Whittingham Hospital.
Recommendation
The Group Secretary, the Chairman of the Medical Executive Committee and the Chief Nursing Officer, with other appropriate professional heads, should constitute a Professional Executive with delegated authority for day-to-day management of the hospital. They should maintain close liaison with the local authority Departments of Social Services. Similar co-ordination at other levels should be achieved by setting up multi-disciplinary therapeutic teams, consisting of doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists and occupational therapists.
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 7 March 2026). This is separate from the response above.