Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many interim posts were created by Alder Hey since that trust started managing Liverpool Community Health Trust; and what the nature of each such post was.

Alder Hey has appointed to only one interim role since the commencement of the management contract on 1 May, a senior communications advisor. This role was to cover a gap in capacity following the departure of the previous Director of Communications, so was not a post created by Alder Hey.

As part of the management contract, senior roles at Liverpool Community Health Trust have been taken on by the Alder Hey Executive Team. This was not possible for the Communications post as the job holder as at 1 May was about to leave the organisation.