Mrs Bottomley asks for more integrity for NHS

Directors of NHS boards must declare private interests that could affect their NHS work and publish the pay of chief executives and the chairpersons and members of the boards in annual reports, said Virginia Bottomley, the health secretary, last week. These requirements are laid down in a new draft code of conduct, which sets out “public service values” of integrity, openness, and accountability. Mrs Bottomley warned that she would sack anyone …