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You have said before that NHS boards are expected to take SMC advice into account. When medicines have been approved by the SMC, will there be a timescale in which boards will have to make those medicines available to patients?
Generally, the account management approach appears to be working.There has been some controversy about whether non-account-managed companies are looked after properly.
Even with annual reporting, five-year budget targets will make it impossible to hold ministers to account for their actions or, indeed, their inaction.By contrast, the Liberal Democrats want to increase ministerial accountability.
How do you intend to inform the committee about what the Government is doing, so that we can decide which issues to take up and what action to take to hold the Government to account? The action plan and the Government's priorities are set out in detail, so the committee can hold me to account in that regard.
The body's performance is also taken into account. It is a requirement that chairs and board members are appraised regularly, although that does not have to happen annually.