Policy paper

Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill

This draft bill establishes a new independent healthcare safety investigation body to improve patient safety.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care and The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP
• Published: 14 September 2017
• Last updated: 25 September 2017 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-0019-4, Cm. 9497

PDF, 1.4 MB, 74 pages

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Fact sheet 1: why we need a bill

PDF, 122 KB, 2 pages

Fact sheet 2: how new legal powers will improve patient safety investigations

PDF, 118 KB, 2 pages

Fact sheet 3: ‘Safe space' - what is it, why we need it and how it will work

PDF, 140 KB, 3 pages

Fact sheet 4: duty of candour and ‘safe space’

PDF, 125 KB, 2 pages

Fact sheet 5: duty of cooperation

PDF, 57.3 KB, 2 pages

Fact sheet 6: the investigation process

PDF, 61.3 KB, 3 pages

Fact sheet 7: accreditation of NHS trusts

PDF, 95.7 KB, 3 pages

Fact sheet 8: the Health Service Safety Investigations Body

PDF, 356 KB, 2 pages

Health Service Safety Investigations Bill impact assessment

PDF, 964 KB, 30 pages

Memorandum to the delegated powers and regulatory reform committee

PDF, 294 KB, 5 pages

Details

In September 2017, the government published a draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill. The draft bill proposes setting up the Health Service Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB).

A joint committee of MPs and peers scrutinised the draft bill and published their recommendations. The government published its response to the joint committee’s recommendations.

On 16 October 2019 the government introduced to Parliament the Health Service Safety Investigations Bill.

Published 14 September 2017
Last updated 25 September 2017 + show all updates

1. 25 September 2017

   Added document: memorandum to the delegated powers and regulatory reform committee.

2. 14 September 2017

   First published.