Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the Patient Safety Commissioner's responsibilities are planned to be.
The Commissioner’s core role will be to promote the safety of patients and the importance of the views of patients in relation to medicines and medical devices.
The Commissioner’s statutory functions include the power to make reports or recommendations and the power to request and share information with relevant persons, either in the National Health Service or independent sector.