Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria were used to determine the membership of the Patient Reference Group that will consider the recommendations in the report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review.
The criteria for membership was set out in a recruitment pack made available to all applicants and included:
- Have a personal experience or understand the context of the Review and the content of the report from the perspective of patients, carers or families;
- Are committed to improving the experience of patients;
- Want to engage with others on the group and representatives of the Department to support the implementation of the Review;
- Can consider complex and emotive issues in a balanced and sensitive way; and
- Have good communication skills and want to build strong working relationships with the rest of the group.