INVESTIGATION DIVISION

Objectives

01.    The Development of Health Manpower to provide quality  health Care Services to the people.

02.    To improve the conduct and  discipline of all Public Officers attached to the Department of  Health Services.

03.    To improve the productivity and efficiency of the Health Personnel.

04.    Conducting formal inquiries on the findings of preliminary investigations

05.    Follow-up work on the reports submitted by the Flying Squad Teams and Internal Audit Teams.

06.    Submission of reports and recommendations on appeals addressed to the Secretary, Public Service Commission and to all other legally  formed Institutions like Human Rights Commission and Committee on Public Petitions.

07.    To follow the Rules of Disciplinary Procedure.

Funtions  &  Achievements 

Complaints and Petitions from the General Public and Newspaper reports relating to all Departments and Institutions under the Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medicine are on the increase daily.  Wide Spread and developed print media and Electronic media is the major cause for this situation.  Consequently, 2191 complaints and petitions were received by the Investigation Division of the Department of Health Services during the year 2000.

Out of these letters complaints and petitions which had to be referred to the Flying Squad Division were referred to the said Division and matters which needed further investigations by the Internal Audit Division were referred to the said Division.

Disciplinary action according to the Flying Squad reports is taken by the Director General of Health Services and the relevant papers have been referred to the respective provincial Secretaries of Health Services in respect of those officers who belong to the provincial Ministries of Health.

Disciplinary action relating to the officers in the all Island Services is being taken by the Secretary to the Ministry of health and Indigenous Medicine is consultation with the Public Service Commission.

Action was taken to conduct preliminary investigations very early in respect of complaints  and petitions received in the Investigations Division and necessary steps have been taken to disciplinary action according to the Preliminary Investigations Reports.  269 new files were opened to take disciplinary action during the year 2000.  Further disciplinary action in 200 files was completed during the year 2000.

Workshop

A training workshop on conducting preliminary Investigations was held on the 17^th August 2000 at the Health Education Bureau under the patronage of the Secretary to the Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medicine with 70 officers including Deputy Directors general, Directors, Assistant Secretaries, Administrative Officers, Staff Assistants, Graduate Trainees and clerks.

Staff of the Division

This Division under the control of Deputy Director General (Investigations) include the following staff.

Director, Investigations          -            01

Administrative Officer            -            01

Staff Assistant                       -            01

Investigations Officer            -            01

Investigations Assistants       -            02

Clerks                                   -            08

Typist                                   -            01

Stenographer                       -            01

Driver                                   -            01

Labourers                            -            04