Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill
4:45 pm
Mr David Lammy (Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Health; Tottenham, Labour)
CHAI looks at health care generally, and the regulator can ask it to look at specific issues. I think that meets the points that have been raised.
The main reason for changing the Bill was that people misinterpreted it to mean that CHAI would not review NHS foundation trusts against the same standards as other NHS trusts. That is what we have sought to remedy in the amendments.