Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 91825
NHS Trusts: Standards
Tabled: 17 November 2025
Answered: 24 November 2025
Question
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst
Conservative — Solihull West and Shirley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current national oversight arrangements for the implementation of the framework set out in the document Maintaining High Professional Standards procedures within NHS trusts.
Answer
Karin SmythMaintaining High Professional Standards was first published in 2005, and it remains an important framework for the initial handling of concerns about doctors and dentists in the National Health Service. All Department and NHS England guidance documents are kept under review.