Robert Buckland – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Buckland on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment on the potential merits of merging health and social care ombudsman services in England.

Dr Daniel Poulter

The Government is considering reports of the Public Administration Select Committee into how complaints about public services are handled. As part of this inquiry, the Cabinet Office is undertaking work to further investigate how public services can make best use of complaints and also to take a wider look at the role and powers of the public sector Ombudsmen. The Government will respond to these reports in due course.