Written questions

Health Services: Private Sector

2026-06-16 · Department of Health and Social Care · HL1065 · Official question

Baroness Maclean of Redditch

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps have been taken since the publication of the Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Issues raised by Paterson in February 2020 to bring the clinical governance and performance reporting obligations of indepen

Answer

The Medical Practitioners Assurance Framework is designed to provide a basis from which all independent providers can work, giving confidence to patients and regulators, such as the Care Quality Commission (CQC), on ‘what good looks like’. This framework ...