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Proceeding contribution from Lord Warner (Labour) in the House of Lords on Monday, 14 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

I am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord’s flow, but I would like to press him a little further to give us some clue as to his thinking on this. My noble friend Lord Hunt gave us a snippet of history, but there is quite a lot more. We have been through a process where we have come down since 2002 from 300 PCTs to 50 or so PCT clusters. We have been on that journey because we found it extremely difficult to commission services effectively when there are very large numbers of PCTs covering small geographical and population areas. There is simply not the expertise to do that. Could he give the House some clue about where he thinks this is all going to end up? At the moment, in terms of starters for 10, we have about 250 of these clinical commissioning groups. I think it would be helpful to know where the members of his party and others who have argued for this stand on where the journey may end.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
732 c512 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Complaints Disclosure of information Charities Equality Health Education Governing bodies Exemptions Health professions Health authorities Local government NHS Patients Membership Public appointments Primary care trusts Standards Voluntary organisations Training Reform Taxation VAT Risk assessment Information Commissioner's Office National Patient Safety Agency NHS Commissioning Board Health Education England Clinical commissioning groups
Legislation
Health and Social Care Bill 2010-12
Link
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