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King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust

Debate between Philip Dunne and Ed Davey
Tuesday 12th December 2017

(6 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Philip Dunne Portrait Mr Dunne
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My right hon. Friend makes a very valid point. We need to ensure that chairmen who go into trusts that have challenges have the capacity to do that job. I will be looking to ensure that NHS Improvement challenges Ian Smith, if he is appointed, to check that he has sufficient capacity to undertake the role. My understanding is that he does.

Ed Davey Portrait Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton) (LD)
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Will the Minister ask NHS Improvement to produce a report on what has happened at King’s, so that Parliament can look at the report to learn the lessons and to find out who was right?

Philip Dunne Portrait Mr Dunne
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NHS Improvement regularly reviews trusts in financial special measures. It does so through the usual channels to the ministerial team responsible for it. It will do so in this case, as it does in all other cases where financial special measures have been entered into.