Clause 3 - GENERAL DUTY OF REGULATOR
Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill
3:00 pm
Mr Chris Grayling (Epsom and Ewell, Conservative)
I speak in support of the amendment that my hon. Friend the Member for South Cambridgeshire seeks to press to a Division. He will, of course, have the support of his
colleagues. His is a sound and well-articulated amendment.
The tone of clause 3 prompts once again the question as to where is the clinical element of the Bill. Too much of the Bill is about structures and constitutions, and there is little mention of the duty of care to deliver proper clinical improvements. My hon. Friend the Member for South Cambridgeshire, in his first amendment, makes an extremely important point about strengthening the role of the regulator in delivering higher quality health care.