Yes. There were no leaks. The report that the noble Baroness saw was a report on the new GP contract that we announced at the end of last week. That was legitimate reporting by the press of an element of the new contract for next year, when we want all NHS patients over the age of 75 to have a named, accountable GP. However, we are saying in this response that every patient in a hospital setting should know who their consultant is, and therefore that there should be a named responsible consultant for every hospital patient. The two issues are, therefore, related but different.
NHS: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust
Proceeding contribution from
Earl Howe
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 19 November 2013.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on NHS: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.
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