High Weald Lewes Havens Clinical Commissioning Group

(asked on 1st November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the correction of 1 November 2016 to the Answer of 26 October 2016 to Question 49779, for what reasons the High Weald Lewes Havens Clinical Commissioning Group did not immediately instruct Copeforma to cease using Docklands Medical Services Limited as a subcontractor when it identified that the Care Quality Commission registration in question related to Docklands Medical Services (London) rather than Docklands Medical Services Ltd; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 16th November 2016

I have asked NHS England to investigate this provision of transport services and NHS England is finalising the terms of reference for an independent review which will investigate how the commissioners were assured that all providers contracted by Coperforma were properly registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). As part of this investigation the timeline of events and communications between the clinical commissioning group (CCG) and Coperforma will be looked at.

In relation to Question 49779 NHS England has supplied the following:-

- On 29 July High Weald Lewes Haven CCG contacted Coperforma requesting an update on Docklands Medical Services Ltd’s CQC registration.

- On 3 August Copeforma contacted the CCG informing them that Docklands Medical Services Ltd were still awaiting their updated CQC registration.

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