Rosie Cooper – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rosie Cooper on 2014-05-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the inclusion of a bill on modernisation of the regulation of nurses and midwives in the Queen’s Speech.

Dr Daniel Poulter

We have not received representations on the inclusion of a bill on modernisation of the regulation of nurses and midwives. However, the Department has received representations on taking forward the Law Commission’s work from a number of organisations, including:

– professional regulatory bodies;

– patient safety groups;

– the Professional Standards Authority; and

– medical professional associations.