CONSERVATIVE PARTY AND THE BURGNER REPORT ON NATIONAL MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CARE HOMES

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That this House notes the publication of the Burgner Report on 29th July 1996; further notes that the report made recommendations concerning the reform and extension of the system of regulation of care providers including national minimum standards and a national system of inspection; also notes that the report was signed by the honourable Member for West Chelmsford, the then Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health; and regrets that the Conservative front-bench health team has forgotten that in Government it commissioned the Burgner Report, welcomed its recommendations and supported its passage into law as the Care Standards Act.