§ Baroness Noakesasked Her Majesty's Government:
- (a) for each of the National Health Service trusts mentioned in the National Audit Office's report Inappropriate adjustments to waiting lists published
WA151 in December 2001, whether the performance ratings published in September need to be revised; and - (b) whether any of those National Health Service trusts remain entitled to any earned autonomy freedoms. [HL2150]
§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathThe Department of Health is reviewing the performance ratings awarded to the nine National Health Service trusts named in the National Audit Office report.
None of the National Health Service trusts named in the National Audit Office report has been awarded three stars under the performance rating system and they are therefore not entitled to any earned autonomy freedoms.