Schedule 5
Health Bill [Lords]
9:45 am
Mike O'Brien (Minister of State (Health Services), Department of Health; North Warwickshire, Labour)
The hon. Lady is absolutely right, and I am grateful to her for putting that on the record. Most trusts take action in relation to statistics that they become aware of privately, before validation, peer group assessment and publication. She is right to point out that it is only where some sort of failure has occurred that MPs must start voicing concerns. I hope that I have given reassurance that the powers for the ombudsman to deal with an abuse that comes before him are indeed available in the Bill and more generally through the CQC.