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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Masham of Ilton (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Monday, 7 November 2011. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Health and Social Care Bill.

Health and Social Care Bill

20: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause— ““The Secretary of State’s duty to ensure transparency After section 1A of the National Health Service Act 2006 insert— ““1B Duty to ensure transparency The Secretary of State must act with a view to securing— (a) that any persons providing health services should provide, within as short a period as possible, full information to patients, their carers or representative about any incident or omission in or affecting their care which may have caused harm, or may in the future cause harm, (b) that regulations are introduced to enable the Care Quality Commission to take action against a registered person or body who fail to disclose details of such incidents as set out in those regulations.””””

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
732 c44 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Complaints Disability Disclosure of information Codes of practice Equality Health Finance Health professions Learning disability Private sector NHS Patients Older people Negligence National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Standards Rural areas NHS Commissioning Board
Legislation
Health and Social Care Bill 2010-12
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk