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Health and Social Care Bill

The complexity of the answer given by the Minister, which I look forward to reading, alerts me to the concerns on the ground as regards implementing penalty notices. If there are two systems, and the first system related to healthcare and the recycling of funds, what other kind of organisations would recycle the money? How would it be recycled, and under what code of practice would that happen? If there is not a similar provider in that given area, would the money go to another provider? Having worked in this area, I know that it is crucial that the rules on penalties are clear, straightforward and simple. The difficulties encountered in the past by CSCI in deciding, with providers, whether there would be a fine or closure, lead me to hope that it will be clarified rather than left as it is. Despite my views on this, it would also be useful if all the providers had very similar regulations, bearing in mind that we are supposed to be aiming for greater conformity between the two.