Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in their review of Regulation 5, the Fit and Proper Persons Regulation of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, they intend to investigate the circumstances of the dismissal of Dr Vivienne Lyfar-Cisse by the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust for alleged breach of that regulation.

Following Dr Bill Kirkup’s recent review of Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust the Government has accepted the report’s recommendation to undertake a review of the Fit and Proper Persons Requirement.

The Minister of State for Health (Stephen Barclay MP) set out the aims of the review in his statement in response to Dr Kirkup’s report. The review will examine the operation and purpose of the Fit and Proper Persons Requirement; it is not aimed at investigating individual cases.