Written questions

Health Services: Private Sector

2026-06-16 · Department of Health and Social Care · HL1064 · Official question

Baroness Maclean of Redditch

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance has been issued to independent healthcare providers on their obligations to report concerns about a clinician's conduct to NHS bodies when that clinician holds a concurrent clinical job in the NHS; and what en

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 ...