Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve quality of care for patients in the (a) Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and (b) Royal Marsden NHS Trusts.

Both Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust are committed to improving patient care.

The latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) reports on Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust show for the first time the trust being rated as Good overall. CQC findings indicated improvements and progress in most areas of care.

The CQC continued to rate the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust as outstanding overall.