Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 13 December 2016, in the House of Commons, led by Jeremy Hunt.

CQC: NHS Deaths Review

Statement on the Care Quality Commission investigation into lessons that needed to be learned following the tragic death of Connor Sparrowhawk in 2013 at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 618 cc621-635
Session: 2016-17
Department: Department of Health
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Jeremy Hunt | 618 cc621-3 (Link to this contribution)
With permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement. On 12 April, I asked the Care Quality Commi...; Jonathan Ashworth | 618 cc622-4 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement, and I thank the CQC for its re...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 cc624-5 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the shadow Health Secretary for the constructive nature of his comments. He is absolutely...; Andrea Jenkyns | 618 c625 (Link to this contribution)
The Secretary of State has answered my point, but I would like to say, as chair of the all-party ...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 c626 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend, who does a huge amount of work on patient safety, not least because of sa...; Philippa Whitford | 618 c626 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome this statement and remember the discussion of this tragic case. Obviously the majority ...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 cc626-7 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Lady for her contribution. I recognise the progress made in the Scottish patient...; Lord Harper | 618 c627 (Link to this contribution)
As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on learning disability, for me the most chilling ph...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 c627 (Link to this contribution)
I am happy to put on the record the fact that those words have the Government’s wholehearted supp...; Toby Perkins | 618 c627 (Link to this contribution)
I seek the indulgence of the House while I raise a personal issue. This Thursday I should have be...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 cc627-8 (Link to this contribution)
First, I am sure the whole House will join me in offering my condolences to the hon. Gentleman fo...; Antoinette Sandbach | 618 c628 (Link to this contribution)
It is clear that half of medical negligence claims are in the field of maternity. Does the Secret...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 c628 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend has spoken very eloquently about that issue many times in this House. If a baby is...; Norman Lamb | 618 c628 (Link to this contribution)
I also pay tribute to Sara Ryan, the mother of Connor Sparrowhawk, who has fought tirelessly for ...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 cc628-9 (Link to this contribution)
I want to put on the record that the right hon. Gentleman was a big champion for people with lear...; Andrew Selous | 618 c629 (Link to this contribution)
The review found that acute and community trusts do not always record whether a patient has a men...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 c629 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes a very good point. We are making sure that all A&Es have liaison psychiatry ...; Graham Stringer | 618 c629 (Link to this contribution)
The CQC has produced a grim report, and there was an even grimmer internal report on maternity se...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 c629 (Link to this contribution)
When the new guidelines are published, we need to investigate, as far as we possibly can, deaths ...; Craig Whittaker | 618 c629 (Link to this contribution)
Many people will be shocked to hear that some trusts do not even know how many in-patients have d...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 c630 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Boards now have a legal duty of candour, and are obliged to t...; Fiona Mactaggart | 618 c630 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the learning disability mortality review that the Secretary of State has announced, but...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 c630 (Link to this contribution)
The right hon. Lady is absolutely right. I will take away with me the question of what the legal ...; Bob Blackman | 618 c630 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement and the measures that he has announced. I have been su...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 c630 (Link to this contribution)
I am happy to look personally at the case that my hon. Friend talks about. I think he speaks for ...; Diana Johnson | 618 c631 (Link to this contribution)
On 10 December last year, I asked:
“Is the Secretary of State satisfied that families seeki...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 c631 (Link to this contribution)
It is a difficult one, because access to lawyers is a matter for the Ministry of Justice. I am no...; Philip Hollobone | 618 c631 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Secretary of State tell the House more about the healthcare safety investigation branch?...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 c631 (Link to this contribution)
I am happy to do that. The best way to understand what we are trying to achieve—this relates to w...; Lilian Greenwood | 618 c631 (Link to this contribution)
The CQC clearly identifies the need for a change in culture, and the Secretary of State acknowled...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 cc631-2 (Link to this contribution)
There are a number of barriers, one of which is time. Staff feel very pressured for time. I stron...; Kevin Foster | 618 c632 (Link to this contribution)
Given the case of three-year-old Sam Morrish, who died at Torbay hospital in 2010, and the conclu...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 c632 (Link to this contribution)
As my hon. Friend knows, I have met the parents of Sam Morrish—Scott and Sue Morrish—on a number ...; Tracy Brabin | 618 c632 (Link to this contribution)
I want to pick up on a point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Chesterfield (Toby Perkins). A...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 c632 (Link to this contribution)
NICE has published its staffing levels for wards. I recognise the problem, and it is exactly what...; Alan Mak | 618 c633 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Secretary of State for his statement. The families of those who died in the care of S...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 c633 (Link to this contribution)
I absolutely do so. I know that the family of David Hinks have campaigned very strongly on this m...; Lord Walney | 618 c633 (Link to this contribution)
I am so pleased that the Secretary of State took the time to praise James Titcombe and other camp...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 cc633-4 (Link to this contribution)
In fairness to the hon. Gentleman, he makes two important points. I know that he worked very clos...; Tom Pursglove | 618 c634 (Link to this contribution)
Kevin, the son of my constituent Desmond Watts, suffered from very significant learning difficult...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 c634 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes a really important point. I will have discussions with the Minister responsi...; Liz McInnes | 618 c634 (Link to this contribution)
I, too, want to raise the issue of the appalling neglect in medical care at Pennine Acute. The re...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 c634 (Link to this contribution)
There should be no hiding place for managers who neglect their legal responsibility, which is the...; Mark Pawsey | 618 c634 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Secretary of State say more about how the additional and extra information he has mentio...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 c635 (Link to this contribution)
I am happy to do so. We will lay down in regulations in the House that the information must be pu...; Derek Twigg | 618 c635 (Link to this contribution)
One of the recommendations says:
“Greater clarity is needed to support agencies working tog...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 c635 (Link to this contribution)
This is a very complex issue, but it is a very important one, particularly for people with learni...; Jim Shannon | 618 c635 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement, and indeed his commitment to retraining and his rec...; Jeremy Hunt | 618 c635 (Link to this contribution)
I absolutely endorse what the hon. Gentleman says. The point is that families and carers are part...
Subjects: Disclosure of information Death Families Learning disability Mental illness NHS Patients Safety Care Quality Commission National Quality Board Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust NHS Improvement Sparrowhawk, Connor
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CQC: NHS Deaths Review

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