Part of Health and Social Care Bill – in the House of Lords at 5:30 pm on 13 February 2012.
I am grateful to the Minister for giving way again, but I am now genuinely confused about why this is different. His argument seems to be that a contractual arrangement-we will come back in a moment to the question of who that will cover and whether it will cover primary care-would magically produce a change in culture but that a statutory obligation, applying to all providers registered with the CQC, somehow would not. This is not about requiring the CQC to monitor every interaction with a patient; it is about creating that culture change and a clear sense of obligation-you cannot be registered as a provider with the CQC unless you are committed to doing this.