Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the article on Regulatory approach to subsidiary companies pubished in the Provider bulletin: 19 September 2018 by NHS Improvement, whether the pause on plans to create new subsidiaries or change existing subsidiaries has been applied to (a) Chesterfield Royal Hospital and (b) other hospitals.

On 19 September 2018, NHS Improvement, the national regulator, told National Health Service organisations including Chesterfield Royal Hospital to ‘pause’ any ongoing plans to create new subsidiary companies and wait for new guidance, following a four-week consultation on a new regulatory approach which is due to be launched shortly.

The pause does not preclude organisations that are currently working up proposals for a subsidiary from continuing to do so.