Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Debate

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Department: Department of Health and Social Care

Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust

Jonathan Evans Excerpts
Tuesday 26th March 2013

(11 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jeremy Hunt Portrait Mr Hunt
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. One of the changes we are announcing today is that, in the case of foundation trusts, CQC will be delegating its enforcement powers to Monitor so that it has more powers to insist on necessary changes and ensure that fundamental standards are not being breached.

Jonathan Evans Portrait Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North) (Con)
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Will my right hon. Friend note that the Patients Association and campaigners such as the Powell family in Wales will not be satisfied by what he has had to say about the duty of candour until we have a full statutory duty in line with what Robert Francis recommended?