Health Services Disciplinary Tribunal - appointment of members

STATES OF JERSEY

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HEALTH SERVICES DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL: APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS

Lodged au Greffe on 25th November 2003

by the Employment and Social Security Committee

STATES GREFFE

PROPOSITION

THE STATES are asked to decide whether they are of opinion

in p u rsuance of Articles 1 and 36 of the Health Insurance (Jersey) Law 1967, as amended, to appoint the

following as members of the Health Services Disciplinary Tribunal, for a period of 3  years commencing on 1st January 2004 –

A d v o cate David Eldon Le Cornu – Chairman

A d v o c a te C o nrad Edwin Coutanche – Deputy Chairman M r s . R u t h J a net Syvret

M r . P h i li p R  alph Daubeney

M r . C o l i n H e nry Letto

EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY COMMITTEE

REPORT

1. I n t roduction

U n d e r the Health Insurance (Jersey) Law 1967, the Employment and Social Security Committee has the

power to take disciplinary action against any approved doctor or pharmacist whose conduct is believed to have had a prejudicial effect on the administration of and/or created an unreasonable cost to, the Health Insurance Fund.

2. T h  e role oftheHealth Service DisciplinaryTribunal

If re p resentation is made to the Committee regarding the conduct of a G.P. or Pharmacist then the matter

is referred to the Health Services Disciplinary Tribunal. The Tribunal, if upholding the complaint, can make recommendations to the Committee, either that approval is withdrawn or, where an unreasonable cost is proved, that an amount should be repaid to the Health Insurance Fund.

3. C  o nstitution of the Health Service Disciplinary Tribunal

T h e T ribunal consists of a Chairman, who is an Advocate of not less than 5 years' standing, 2 members of

the public and 2 members of the appropriate professional body. The Chairman and lay members are selected from a panel constituted by the States, and the professional representatives from a panel constituted by the Committee.

4. P r o posedChairman

T h e Committee proposes the reappointment of Advocate David Eldon Le Cornu as Chairman of the

Tribunal. Advocate Le Cornu was called to the English Bar in 1974, and the Jersey Bar shortly after in 1976. He was appointed as Crown Advocate in 1994 and as relief Magistrate in 1997. Advocate Le Cornu has been Chairman of the Health Service Disciplinary Tribunal since 1987 and has indicated his willingness to continue.

5. P r o posedMembers

T h e following existing members of the Health Services Disciplinary Tribunal have been contacted and

have confirmed their willingness to continue as members for a further 3 years of office –

A d v ocate Conrad Coutanche ( Deputy Chairman): A Senior Partner at Mourant, specialising in

Banking, Company Law as well as Local Client Work and Estates. Advocate Coutanche retired from Mourant in 2002.

M r . C olin Henry Letto owns and manages his family business Letto Jewellers.

M r s . Ruth Janet Syvret worked in the banking industry and left to bring up a family. She has worked at a

local optician, preparing accounts, for the past 15 years.

M r. Philip Ralph Daubeney started out in the newspaper business as a management trainee in the U.K.,

he then came back to Jersey and worked in the family business, the Hotel L'Angleterre. Mr.  Daubeney later purchased the hotel and ran it for several years before selling it in 2001. Mr. Daubeny is now retired.

6. R  ec ommendations

T h e States are asked to appoint the membership of the Health Services Disciplinary Tribunal, as

recommended by the Committee, for a further 3  years from 1st January 2004.

7. F i n ancial/manpowerstatement

T h e re are no financial or manpower implications for the States arising from this proposition.