Further written evidence to be reported to the House
Health and Social Care Bill
4:15 pm
Stephen O'Brien (Shadow Minister, Health; Eddisbury, Conservative)
Slightly moving on, thank you very much for your observations on clauses 93 and 94. I will be very surprised if there is not a Government amendment—if not, I assure you that there will be another amendment from somebody else—that will help to give some clarification.
The regulations that have just been sent to us as members of the Committee who support this include the phrase “in the wake of a number of high profile inquiries”. Clearly that refers to what was I think in the end six inquiries into doctors who had harmed their patients. The Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator is being created as a new body able to make adjudications and decisions. Are you happy with that declaration of provenance?