Clause 12 - Further functions of the Commission for Health Improvement
NHS Reform & Health Care Professions
4:30 pm
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire, Conservative)
Clearly, subsection (2)(c) exists because the Government are unhappy with the quality of information that they are receiving from some NHS bodies and providers. They are sending in the CHI to review and report on that and to ensure that information is as accurate as possible. The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has a supervisory role for the study to which I referred, but, if that body is frustrated because the quality of information that it receives for its studies is no good, will it be able to send in the CHI, or does it have its own arrangements for improvement of quality?