Clause 20 - Entry and inspection of premises
Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill
6:15 pm
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 194, in
clause 20, page 8, line 31, at end add
'such an inspection to be coordinated with the CHAI'.
I move the amendment on behalf of my right hon. Friend the Member for North-West Hampshire. Once again it is a practical suggestion in the same spirit as amendment No. 193. The intention is to relieve the burdens of compliance on foundation trusts and permit them to do their tasks with the minimum amount of interference. Although it is understood that the authorisation might require the regulator to enter and inspect premises of an NHS foundation trust, the requirements of the Commission on Health Audit and Inspection and the regulator should be co-ordinated to ensure that what is happening in the foundation trust is examined once rather than twice in order to minimise interference with management. I hope that the Minister can accept that practical suggestion.