NHS

(asked on 27th June 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what legal advice he has received on adherence by his Department, NHS bodies, private and voluntary sector providers and local authorities to the NHS constitution.


Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 5th July 2017

By law, the Secretary of State for Health, National Health Service bodies, private and voluntary sector providers supplying NHS services, local authorities exercising public health functions, and Health Education England must have regard to the NHS Constitution in their decisions and actions. The annually published mandate to NHS England also makes clear that the NHS should always provide the best care for everyone wherever they are and whenever they need it, in line with the NHS Constitution.

NHS England is held to account for delivery of the mandate throughout the year, culminating with the Secretary of State’s annual statutory assessment of its performance which is laid in Parliament.

As required by the Health Act 2009, we will be publishing a report on the effectiveness of the NHS Constitution in 2018.

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