Speeches

Grahame Morris – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Grahame Morris on 2016-01-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) clinicians and (b) patient groups were consulted on the changes to NHS England’s National Clinical Director structure after April 2016.

George Freeman

No patient groups were consulted on the changes, which are being made to ensure that this important resource is focused on clinical areas where we are taking forward major programmes of work, or areas that have otherwise been identified as priorities for service improvement. The changes have been discussed with the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, some individual Colleges and NHS England’s senior medical leaders.