Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Parliamentary Health and Service Ombudsman.
Ministers do not review any aspect of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s (PHSO) performance. The PHSO reports to Parliament directly as an Officer of the House of Commons and is held to account through the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, who, although it cannot adjudicate on individual cases, does hold an annual scrutiny session to evaluate the PHSO's performance.