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Health Bill [HL]

I listened very carefully to what the Minister said. The fear that it set off in my mind is that where there is poor practice in an area—let us say a geographical area has poor practice in relation to maternity services—is there not a possibility, given what the Minister has just said, that the production of joint thematic reports simply enables the commissioner and the provider to reinforce whatever is the source or cause of the poor practice, rather than having two separate reports that can begin to flag up where the problems lie, in particular if care pathways are not working properly? There is a problem there.