Dr Penny Dash: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Author of patient safety review
- Quoted on
- Health inequalities, Adult social care & reform
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 8 Sept 2026
“Dr Penny Dash's review of patient safety subsequently recommended transferring Healthwatch England's role to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), with the network's functions absorbed into councils and local NHS integrated care boards.”
What Dr Penny Dash has said
“Dr Penny Dash flagged concerns over a "lack of consistency" in assessments, a "poorly" explained single assessment framework, a "lack of focus on outcomes" and "limited reference to innovation" in care delivery.”
Author of final review of CQC · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · CQC appoints second interim chief ↗
Where Dr Penny Dash has been quoted
- Andy Burnham To Warn Wes Streeting About Closure Of Health Bodiespoliticshome.com · 30 Sept 2026
- CQC appoints second interim chieflgcplus.com · 8 Sept 2026
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