Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 8
8
Accepted
Paragraph: 53
Require Secretary of State to detail resources for Patient Safety Commissioner's redress review
Recommendation
The focus of Patient Safety Commissioner and small team, and must remain, patient safety and harm prevention. If the additional responsibility of reviewing redress is placed on the Patient Safety Commissioner, the Secretary of State must ensure that the Commissioner and her office has access to proper independent expert advice and support. We urge the Secretary of State to make a statement detailing the Patient Safety Commissioner’s review of redress schemes for the medical interventions dealt with by the IMMDS review, and what additional resources will be made available to her to undertake it.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government confirms the Patient Safety Commissioner will undertake a four-month review of redress schemes for sodium valproate and pelvic mesh, focusing on affected individuals' views and the case for redress. They have agreed additional resources for the Commissioner to support this work and a report will be published, though the government does not believe a new redress agency is necessary.
Paragraph Reference:
53
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 24 April 2023. No passage in that response could be matched to this recommendation. Read the response document ↗