Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms his Department plans to put in place to ensure that NHS finances can be effectively managed in Greater Manchester following devolution in the event of a year-end deficit.
NHS England and clinical commissioning groups, as statutory National Health Service organisations, will remain accountable for meeting the full range of their statutory duties, including their duties as to the management of their financial resources.
NHS bodies will remain liable for the exercise of the functions given to them in legislation. Existing lines of accountability for those bodies will also remain, as will the responsibilities the Secretary of State has in relation to the health service.
The fundamental national policies, inspection regimes, guidance and regulations will continue to apply to Greater Manchester.