Older People: Health and Social Care Debate

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Department: Department of Health and Social Care

Older People: Health and Social Care

Baroness Jolly Excerpts
Monday 18th June 2012

(12 years, 4 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Earl Howe Portrait Earl Howe
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My Lords, decisions about the content of the mandate will be made on the basis of a full public consultation, which will take place in the summer. More details on that score will follow in due course so there is a limit to what I can say at the moment. However, as I indicated during the passage of the Health and Social Care Act, the mandate is likely to include expectations for improving healthcare outcomes for patients, based on the NHS outcomes framework. That framework reflects the Government’s ambition for an NHS that provides high quality, safe and effective care, treating patients with compassion, dignity and respect.

Baroness Jolly Portrait Baroness Jolly
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What measures will be taken by the national Commissioning Board to ensure that clinical commissioning groups always pay proper attention to dignity when commissioning services for older people?