PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
NHS: Subsidiary Companies (13 September 2018)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the approval criteria for applications for NHS bodies to form wholly-owned companies will be applied retrospectively.

Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)

Answer

NHS Improvement will shortly consult around the regulatory approach of National Health Service bodies setting up subsidiaries and expects to report its outcome later this year.

Further detailed guidance will be issued following the consultation, including the scope of the regulatory approach.


Answered by:
Steve Barclay (Conservative)
15 October 2018

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