Annual accountability hearing with Monitor: tenth report of session 2010-12 report. together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence

House of Commons papers 1431 2010-12

Corporate Author:

Great Britain Parliament House of Commons Health Committee

Author:

Stephen Dorrell (chairman)

Publisher:

TSO (The Stationery Office)

In this first annual accountability hearing with Monitor, the Health Committee welcomes the strengthened role given to the hospital regulator in the approval and regulation of Foundation Trusts. The Committee strongly supports the view that the standards for authorizing Foundation Trusts must not fall as a result of the Government's desire to see all remaining NHS Trusts become Foundation Trusts. It welcomes the extension of Monitor's oversight powers for Foundation Trusts to 2016; that the powers will then be reviewed; and the fact that Monitor's new role, as set out in the Health and Social Care Bill, has been more clearly defined. The Committee believes Monitor has established a reputation as an effective regulator of Foundation Trusts and that it is important to safeguard that hard-won reputation. That means insisting on the maintenance of a rigorous approvals system. It also means maintaining an effective oversight regime in what are likely to be increasingly challenging times. Finally, following government amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill which were tabled at Commons Report Stage, it means the operation of an effective distress and failure regime for Foundation Trusts.

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