Healthcare providers supplying misleading information

The Care Bill 2014 will make it a criminal offence for a healthcare provider to supply or publish false or misleading information.

The offence included in the Care Bill is very wide in its application. It can be limited by secondary legislation so it will only apply to some providers and information. This consultation document explains the proposed regulations to limit the reach of the offence to:

• providers of NHS funded secondary care (such as hospitals)
• certain types of information that healthcare providers are required to publish or submit

This consultation seeks views on:

• whether the suggested types of information should fall within the reach of the offence?
• whether proposed list captures the information that is important to the public, commissioners and regulators?