Clause 22 - Unsuitability for inclusion in medical, dental,ophthalmic and pharmaceutical etc. lists
Health and Social Care Bill
3:15 pm
Mr John Denham (Minister of State, Department of Health; Southampton, Itchen, Labour)
It would probably not do us much good to pursue the hypothetical example to its final conclusion, but it is sufficient to illustrate the possibility. There are unlikely to be a huge number of inconsistent decisions, for all the reasons that I set out earlier, but I have given a possible. It is far more likely that where someone is judged unsuitable to be on a list, and that decision is upheld by the appeal authority, either it is likely to be applied across the country, or health authorities will look into the background and apply decisions in a consistent way.