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Written question asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Earl Howe (Conservative) on Tuesday, 17 July 2012.

NHS Commissioning Board

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the National Health Service Commissioning Board Authority is ready to go live in April 2013 with a system in place for monitoring general quality and patient safety.[HL1455]

Answer

Quality is a systemic issue. It is not the preserve of any one part of the system. Members of the National Quality Board (NQB) have been working through how the different parts of the system will come together, from April 2013, in order to monitor the quality of care being provided to patients with a view to preventing, identifying and responding to failures in quality. This includes the role that the NHS Commissioning Board will play. The systemic nature of quality requires collective effort and collaboration across the system in order to protect patients, and the NQB is taking forward this important piece of work well in advance of the new system coming into effect from 1 April 2013. The NQB intends to publish its report in final draft format shortly.

As of 1 June 2012, the patient safety function of the National Patient Safety Agency has transferred into the NHS Commissioning Board Authority. The NHS Commissioning Board Authority continues to receive reports of patient safety incidents and to review and disseminate learning from them.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
739 c42WA; HL1455
Session
2012-13
Subjects
NHS Patients Monitoring Standards Safety NHS Commissioning Board
Link
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