Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (Inquiry) Debate
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(11 years, 6 months ago)
Commons ChamberIt is right for my hon. Friend to speak out for the victims and to raise a specific case. The Health Ministers here with me today will look carefully at the issue of a duty of candour to see whether that would make a difference in the way that we want for this hospital and for others as well.
One of the clear causes of the tragedy, according to Francis, is a
“failure to appreciate…the…disruptive loss of corporate memory and focus resulting from repeated, multi-level reorganisation.”
What lessons does the Prime Minister draw from this about NHS reorganisations?
The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. What Francis says is:
“A failure to appreciate until recently the risk of disruptive loss of corporate memory and focus resulting from repeated, multi-level reorganisation.”
He also says, though, that he thinks the changes required
“can largely be implemented within the system that has now been created by the new reforms”,
so I hope we can allow the changes that Francis is talking about to be made within the proposed structure. Everyone—all parties, all Governments—should learn from this report. I hope we can then allow the structure to bed down and to deliver the changes that everybody wants.