Examination of Witnesses

Part of Health and Social Care(Re-Committed) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 11:31 am on 28 June 2011.

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Photo of Owen Smith Owen Smith Shadow Minister (Wales) 11:31, 28 June 2011

But at the moment, they are not obligated to publish the prices that they have struck with the provider. The Bill envisages a world in which they will have to publish what that varied price is and why it is a different price. Is that not more likely to lead to price competition across the NHS, as people chase the lower price?