NHS England reorganisation: senior sector figures share their views with MPs

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• Health and Social Care Committee

In a three-panel session, the Committee will probe what the risks and opportunities of the announced changes may be, hearing perspectives on patient safety, workforce, and broader implications for the health service. 

MPs will ask what lessons the Department might be able to learn from previous attempts at restructuring in the health service, how the reorganisation of NHSE is likely to impact staff morale and how the Government can ensure that staff are able to stay focused on delivering services and the Government’s wider plans to recover the NHS, rather than being distracted by structural change. 

The session on Tuesday comes ahead of the Committee questioning the Health and Social Care Secretary, the Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP, on the detail of the announced changes, in a hearing on 8 April.  

Witnesses on 26 March 

At 9.30am 

• Dr Henrietta Hughes, Patient Safety Commissioner 
• Sharon Brennan, Director of Policy and External Affairs, National Voices 

At 10.00 

• Dr Jeanette Dickson, Chair, Council of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges 
• Professor Phillip Banfield, Council Chair, British Medical Association (BMA) 
• Professor Nicola Ranger, General Secretary and Chief Executive, Royal College of Nursing (RCN) 

At 10.45 

• Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive, NHS Confederation 
• Nicholas Timmins, Senior Fellow, Institute for Government (IfG) 
• Siva Anandaciva, Director of Policy, Events and Partnerships, The King’s Fund 

Further information

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