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Written question asked by Baroness Berger (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 November 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 November 2017 (named day). It was answered by Philip Dunne (Conservative) on Monday, 20 November 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.

NHS: Standards

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of times the NHS Constitution has been breached in the last (a) week, (b) month and (c) year.

Answer

This Government believes in the founding principles of the National Health Service that are enshrined in the NHS Constitution - that it should meet the needs of everyone, with care based on clinical need and free at the point of use. The rights and pledges set out in the Constitution underpin these principles.

Whilst we do not collect information in the format requested, a variety of data relevant to the rights and pledges set out in the Constitution is published by the Department and its arm’s length bodies.

Published statistics on NHS performance can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics?keywords=&topics%5B%5D=national-health-service&departments%5B%5D=all&from_date=&to_date

Information can also be found in the Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STP) Progress Dashboard and the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Improvement and Assessment Framework:

STP Progress Dashboard:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/sustainability-and-transformation-partnerships-progress-dashboard-baseline-view/

CCG Improvement and Assessment Framework:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/ccg-assess/iaf/

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
112989
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Breach of contract NHS Standards
Link
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