Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Scrutiny 2021-22

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 29 Sep 2022 Closed: 10 Jul 2023 Parliament page
The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) is launching its annual scrutiny session into the work of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) in the financial year 2021/22. According to the House of Commons Standing Order 146 , PACAC’s role in relation to the PHSO is: to examine … Read more
17 Recommendations
18 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
7 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 11 events
29 Nov
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Scrutiny 2021-22
Amanda Amroliwala CBE · Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Rob Behrens CBE · Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
27 Conclusion Rejected
Sixth Report - Parliamentary and H…
The Government has delayed legislative reform for too long and the Committee is particularly disappointed...
The Government has delayed legislative reform for too long and the Committee is particularly disappointed by the Government’s refusal to set out a legislative timetable before the end of this year. Regardless of other pressures on the Government’s legislative programme, … Read more
Government Response
The government does not consider fundamental ombudsman reform a priority or that legislation is the answer, but is content to keep it under review and look at specific proposals on a case by case basis.
Government Response AI assessment · 35 of 17 classified

Total 17 recs + 18 conclusions
Correspondence 7 letters
4 Jul 2023 To committee Letter from Rob Behrens CBE on the PHSO Report - Broken trust: making patient safety more than just a promise, dated 29.6.23
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28 Mar 2023 Correspondence with Rt Hon Therese Coffey MP, Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the Environment Agency response to the PHSO's 'Earl Report', dated between 5.3–22.3.23
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10 Jan 2023 Rob Behrens CBE, Ombudsman and Chair, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on changes to women's State Pension age, dated 21.12.22
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20 Dec 2022 From committee Letter to Rob Behrens CBE, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on update to PACAC on the investigation into changes to women’s state pension age, dated 14.12.22
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20 Dec 2022 From committee Letter to Rt Hon Therese Coffey MP, Secretary of State, DEFRA on the Environment Agency response to PHSO's 'Earl Report', dated 13.12.22
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22 Nov 2022 To committee Letter from Andreas Pottakis, Chair of the Independent Peer Review Panel on the PHSO Peer Review, dated 16.11.22
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1 Nov 2022 To committee Letter from Rob Behrens CBE, Ombudsman and Chair, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on Continuing Healthcare funding (CHC), dated 26.10.22
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