Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 6:03 pm on 20 June 2018.
Lord O'Shaughnessy
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
6:03,
20 June 2018
I completely agree with the noble Baroness. Clearly, improvements have been made—freedom to speak up guardians came out of the Francis review into the Mid Staffs tragedy—but I reiterate the point that I made earlier: we cannot be complacent and just assume that what exists now is up to the task, as the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, said, of guaranteeing that this will not happen again. Looking at complaints procedures, protections for whistleblowing and so on will be part of the investigations that we make.