Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:25 pm on 3 May 2016.

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Photo of Alistair Burt Alistair Burt The Minister of State, Department of Health 4:25, 3 May 2016

I hope my hon. Friend will forgive me, but I will not say things from the Dispatch Box that I do not know, and I do not know the precise powers of the improvement director, although I know the CQC has exactly the powers my hon. Friend suggests. However, the purpose of appointing the improvement director, and indeed of NHS Improvement’s appointment of the new chair, Tim Smart—the former chief executive of King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust—is to put in place people who know what they are doing, know what they are looking for and can authorise others to make sure that nothing is being covered up and that everything is transparent.