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1657261

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date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Patients: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the NHS responds to concerns raised by staff about potential harm to patients (a) appropriately and (b) swiftly.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>Last year, NHS England rolled out a strengthened Freedom to Speak Up policy, which covers the importance of listening to concerns and responding to concerns that are raised. All organisations providing services within the National Health Service are expected to adopt the updated national policy by 31 January 2024 at the latest. The National Guardian’s Office has also produced a training package aimed at all workers, including managers and senior leaders, which underlines the importance of responding to and acting on staff concerns.</p><p>There is also a network of Freedom to Speak Up Guardians, covering every trust, whose role includes ensuring the person who raises a concern is responded to and receives feedback on the actions taken.</p><p>Following the outcome of the trial of Lucy Letby, NHS England wrote to all NHS trusts to further emphasise the importance of NHS leaders listening to the concerns of patients, families and staff and following whistleblowing procedures.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 25/09/2023 14:03:11 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657271

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Patients: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are protocols in place for mandatory external reviews after internal concerns on patient safety are raised within the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>From 2015, the National Health Service has followed the Serious Incident Framework to guide its response to serious incidents in the NHS. Details of this framework are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safety/serious-incident-framework/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safety/serious-incident-framework/</a></p><p> </p><p>In response to evidence that this framework was not leading to sufficient patient safety improvement, the new Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) was developed, tested, and is now being implemented across the NHS. All NHS organisations contracted under the NHS standard contract are expected to transition to PSIRF in autumn 2023. More information is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safety/incident-response-framework/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safety/incident-response-framework/</a></p><p> </p><p>PSIRF has guidance for oversight bodies, including integrated care boards and NHS England regional teams, describing when it may be appropriate for those bodies to consider commissioning an independent patient safety incident investigation. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/B1465-4.-Oversight-roles-and-responsibilities-specification-v1-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/B1465-4.-Oversight-roles-and-responsibilities-specification-v1-FINAL.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Providers can also commission invited reviews from Royal Colleges, including in response to patient safety concerns. These provide independent and objective advice to provider boards. The reviews support but do not replace the processes of healthcare regulatory bodies, including the Care Quality Commission and the General Medical Council, or the provider’s own procedures for addressing and managing patient safety.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England will refresh ‘Maintaining High Professional Standards in the Modern NHS’, in line with current best practice and learning from incidents and reviews.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 196902 question first answered 14/09/2023 14:44:23 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657277

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Patients: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides hospitals on involving the police in investigations related to patient harm.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>NHS England’s Serious Incident Framework sets out the key principles of serious incident management and defines the roles and responsibilities of those involved in the management of serious incidents, including the police and those providing National Health Service healthcare services.</p><p>The Department’s ‘Memorandum of understanding: investigating patient safety incidents involving unexpected death or serious untoward harm’, published in 2006, also provides a source for reference where a serious incident occurs in a healthcare setting and an investigation is also required by the police, the Health and Safety Executive and/or the coroner. The NHS, the Association of Chief Police Officers (now the National Police Chiefs' Council) and the Health and Safety Executive are party to this agreement.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 12/09/2023 10:06:51 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight