Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration has he made of the potential merits of maintaining HSSIB.

The Health Bill includes clauses to strengthen patient safety by transferring the Health Services Safety Investigations Body’s investigation functions into the Care Quality Commission.

This follows the review of patient safety across the health and care landscape which identified that there were a large number of organisations carrying out reviews and investigations and that there was a need to streamline, simplify, and consolidate functions. This aligns with the findings in the 10-Year Health Plan.

An Impact Assessment has been published alongside the Health Bill.