DH 26 March 2013
- Parliamentary statement setting out the Government’s response to the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry. (The Francis report)
- Highlights include:
- establishment of a new regulatory model under an independent Chief Inspector of Hospitals working for the CQC;
- a new statutory duty of candour for providers;
- the CQC will no longer be responsible for putting right any problems identified in hospitals (enforcement powers will be delegated to Monitor and the Trust Development Authority);
- no hospital will be rated as good or outstanding if fundamental standards are breached;
- new legal sanctions at a corporate level for organisations who wilfully generate misleading information or withhold information they are required to provide.
