MPs take evidence on major trauma care in England
22 March 2010 (updated on 22 April 2010)
The Committee of Public Accounts takes evidence on the care patients who have suffered major trauma receive in England. Watch live from 4.30pm.
- Video and Audio: Major Trauma Care in England evidence session
- Committee of Public Accounts
- NAO Report: Major trauma care in England (external site)
Witnesses
- Sir David Nicholson KCB CBE, Chief Executive of the NHS in England
- Professor Sir Bruce Keogh KBE, NHS Medical Director
- Professor Keith Willett, National Clinical Director for Trauma Care, Department of Health
- Fionna Moore, Medical Director, London Ambulance Service, NHS Trust
The role of the Committee of Public Accounts (PAC) is to examine “the accounts showing the appropriation of the sums granted by Parliament to meet the public expenditure, and of such other accounts laid before Parliament as the committee may think fit.”
What this means in practice is that the Committee’s work is based on the reports of the National Audit Office (NAO), in particular their value for money studies of whether publicly-funded bodies are operating with economy, efficiency and effectiveness.
Neither the Committee nor the NAO can look at policy, only the way in which it has been implemented. As a result, the Committee never calls Ministers, but only senior officials, usually including the permanent secretary, in the department concerned.