Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the NHS Patient Safety Team on proposals to remove the requirement of providers to reference guidance that relates to catheter-acquired urinary tract infections, as set out in the draft NHS Standard Contract consultation.

There have been no specific discussions. NHS England and NHS Improvement advise that the NHS Standard Contract for 2022/23 continues to require providers to have regard to all relevant national guidance, including from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and guidance related to catheter-acquired urinary tract infections.