Proceeding contribution from Lord Warner (Labour) 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

My Lords, I was not intending to intervene in this debate, but after listening to the discussion I want to remind the Minister of the many happy hours that we spent taking the NHS Redress Bill through this House six or seven years ago. Can he tell us the extent to which some of the measures in that Act may or may not have helped to deal with some of the concerns that have been expressed in this debate, because that legislation was an attempt to give patients more satisfaction without going to court and to encourage a greater culture of openness and apology on the part of the NHS when it made mistakes?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 732 c59-60
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

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