§ Dr. FoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether(a) the Commission for Health Improvement and (b) the National Care Standards Commission will 622W remain in place until the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection and the Commission for Social Care Inspection are fully established and functioning. [106645]
§ Mr. HuttonSubject to Parliamentary approval, the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection and the Commission for Social Care Inspection will be established and functioning from April 2004.
Until that time, the Commission for Health Improvement and the National Care Standards Commission will remain in place. Their work programmes to April 2004 have been developed to facilitate the transfer of functions to the new inspectorates.