Patients: Transport
(asked on 1st November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to review the private contracting of patient transport services; and if he will make a statement.
This question was answered on 9th November 2016
Decisions about arrangements for patient transport services are made locally. However, they are taken within a clear legal framework relating to issues such as Care Quality Commission (CQC) registration.
I have asked NHS England to ensure that all clinical commissioning groups are aware of the need to ensure that relevant patient transport service providers and subcontractors are registered with the CQC.