Clause 17 - Financial powers
Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill
5:15 pm
Mr John Hutton (Minister of State, Department of Health; Barrow and Furness, Labour)
We are not giving to NHS foundation trusts or their employees any financial advantage that is not currently exercisable by employees of NHS trusts. These freedoms are already available—rightly so—to encourage innovation and public sector enterprise. It would be a sad day if we lost them.