Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to bring forward the Patient Safety Bill announced in the Queen's Speech in June.

Patient safety has been a key priority for this Government and we have made huge strides to ensure patients have access to high quality healthcare.

Following the Queen’s Speech in June, the Government committed to publishing a bill to establish a new independent body to investigate serious patient safety incidents in the National Health Service, with a focus on learning.

The Health Service Safety Investigations Bill was laid in draft in Parliament on 14 September 2017 and will undergo a period of pre-legislative scrutiny. Following pre-legislative scrutiny, introduction of the Bill will depend on parliamentary time being available.