- 69 213. The CPT also noted the understaffing of the establishments visited as regards personnel qualified to conduct social therapy activities (psychologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, social workers, etc.). The CPT recommends that the Greek authorities strive to increase the number of staff conducting social therapy activities. b. management and consultation structures 214. Health establishments in Greece are managed by an Administrative Board and a Director General (section 55 of the 1992 Act on the modernisation and organisation of the health system). The Board consists of 7 members serving a two-year term of office. Four members are appointed by the Minister for Health. In principle, these should be medical practitioners, science graduates or persons with comparable experience. One member is elected by the medical staff of the establishment and represents the members of medical and scientific professions working there. One member elected by the staff represents the other occupational categories in the establishment. The remaining member is appointed by the local authority of the district where the hospital is situated. The Chairman of the Board is also appointed by the Minister for Health, who specifies the responsibilities, obligations and duties of the Chairman and the other Board members. The Director General is appointed by the Minister for Health for a period of three years. He is responsible for co-ordinating and supervising the hospital services and for implementing the decisions of the Administrative Board. His action is overseen by the Administrative Board. 215. Section 60 of the aforementioned Act further stipulates that a scientific committee is to be set up in each hospital by the Administrative Board. The committee is composed of five members elected by secret ballot by the doctors working at the hospital. Members serve for two years. The scientific committee's role is to give opinions on the medical aspects of the hospital's operation. It also co-ordinates and supervises the training of doctors working there. The scientific committee forwards advisory opinions to the Administrative Board. 216. The structure described above is, in principle, capable of ensuring that the running of a hospital is founded on proper consultation between all parties concerned and has a solid scientific basis. However, the on-the-spot observations made and the talks held by the delegation showed that in practice the legal provisions described above were not being fully applied, at least not insofar as psychiatric hospitals were concerned. Regarding the Administrative Boards, the delegation noted that few of their members belonged to the medical profession, notwithstanding the provisions of the Act in this respect. This was particularly noticeable in the Leros Public Health Establishments, where the Chairman of the Administrative Board was a retired police officer and three other members were a civil engineer, an electrical engineer and a businessman. As stipulated by the Act, the remaining members were a representative of the local authority, a hospital doctor (though not a psychiatrist) representing the medical staff of the establishment, and a representative of the other staff categories.