Written question asked by John Leech (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 17 July 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 September 2012. It was answered by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 4 September 2012 on behalf of the Department of Health.
Breast Cancer
- Question
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(5) how many and what proportion of NHS organisations responsible for implementing quality statement 9 of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence breast cancer quality standard on personalised information and support have done so.
[118437]
Mr Leech:
- Answer
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The Department is not collecting data on the number of national health service organisations that have implemented National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) quality standards. NICE quality standards are not a compliance tool. The Care Quality Commission will inspect against essential standards, but NICE quality standards will continue to define excellence. It will be for commissioners to decide whether, when and how to use them in meeting their obligations to improve outcomes for patients.
The Health and Social Care Act (2012) makes it clear that the NHS Commissioning Board, in discharging its duty to improve the quality of health services:
“must have regard to the quality standards prepared by NICE”.
The NHS Commissioning Board (NHS CB) will, therefore, draw upon NICE NHS quality standards to inform the development of the Commissioning Outcomes Framework (COF) and any commissioning guidance in clinical areas that the NHS CB produces. The Commissioning Outcomes Framework will drive up quality improvement by allowing clinical commissioning groups to benchmark their progress and by providing clear comparative information on quality and outcomes to patients and the public. The COF will allow the NHS CB to identify the contribution of clinical commissioning groups to achieving the priorities for health improvement in the NHS Outcomes Framework, while also being accountable to patients and local communities.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 118437; 549 cc309-310W
- Session
- 2012-13
- Subjects
- Breast cancer Health services
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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