division_name: Opposition Day &#8212; [5th Allotted Day] &#8212; Paid Directorships and Consultancies (MPs) &#8212; Managing Risk in the NHS
motion: <p class="" pid="b.1171.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.1171.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House is concerned about the Government&#8217;s approach to managing risk in the NHS; notes that the Government is still to respond fully to the Francis Report, despite the Prime Minister promising on <phrase class="date" code="2013-02-06">6 February 2013</phrase>, <phrase class="offrep" id="debates/2013-02-06.281"><i>Official Report</i>, column 281</phrase>, a detailed response by the end of March 2013; believes that the Government is in danger of ignoring the lessons of recent failures by cutting thousands of nursing staff; is concerned at recent reports revealing pressure to roll out the NHS 111 telephone service despite serious concerns about it not being safe to do so; is further concerned at recent reports that plans are not in place to avert an Accident and Emergency crisis next winter; recognises that the 14 Trusts investigated by Sir Bruce Keogh have seen increasing problems since May 2010; further believes that the Government&#8217;s failure to implement the key recommendations of the Francis Report, combined with the disruption of the recent NHS reorganisation, risks making it more likely that failures of care will happen in future; further notes the Government&#8217;s recent commitment to openness and transparency in the NHS; therefore calls on the Government to publish the NHS transition risk register as ordered by the Information Commissioner and Information Rights Tribunal; and further calls on the Government to bring forward urgent implementation of key Francis recommendations to improve patient safety, including a duty of candour, benchmarks on safe staffing and the regulation of healthcare assistants.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.1183.0/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from &#8220;House&#8221; to the end of the Question and add:</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.1183.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;welcomes the Government&#8217;s swift action in response to the Francis Report; notes the rapid establishment of reviews on key components of the Report&#8217;s findings, including the Cavendish review on healthcare assistants, the Clwyd-Hart review on complaints and the Berwick review on patient safety; further notes the drive to improve standards through the appointment of a Chief Inspector of Hospitals, the introduction of Ofsted-style ratings and the recruitment of specialist hospital inspectors; regrets the Opposition&#8217;s continued refusal to support these practical measures to expose and improve poor care; welcomes the watershed decision to expose and investigate 14 hospitals with high death rates through the recent Keogh review; further notes the Government&#8217;s decisive action to drive improvements in these hospitals by placing 11 hospitals in special measures; and applauds the Government&#8217;s wide-ranging efforts to introduce greater transparency and accountability in the NHS.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1208.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put</i><i> accordingly</i>(<phrase class="standing-order" code="31(2)" pwmotiontext="yes">Standing Order No. 31(2)</phrase>), That the original words stand part of the Question.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.1208.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1208.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 214, Noes 277.</p>