§ Jackie BallardTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if the annual reports on clinical governance from primary care groups will be required to include reports on the management of chronic illness. [81866]
§ Mr. DenhamClinical governance reporting requirements for National Health Service organisations in 1999–2000 were set out in the document "Clinical Governance: Quality in the new NHS", published under cover of HSC 1999/065 on 16 March 1999.
Primary care groups are required to undertake an assessment of the current provision, produce plans to rectify shortfalls in quality and report on progress. Where there are quality shortfalls in the management of chronic illnesses, primary care groups will be required to report on them through this mechanism.