A Bill to establish the Health Service Safety Investigations Body and to confer the function of carrying out investigations and other functions on that body; to make provision in connection with investigations carried out by that body; to make provision about medical examiners; and for connected purposes
House of Lords
8 November 2019
The Health Service Safety Investigations Bill would create a new body, the Health Service Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB), to look into patient safety incidents across the NHS and other health services. It explains how these investigations should run and gives the body powers to investigate and publish findings, including provisions related to medical examiners who review deaths in the health service.
The bill is currently at the Second Reading in the House of Lords. It will then move to committee stage for detailed scrutiny before progressing further.
Generated 21 February 2026
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - took place on 29 October.
Committee stage - line by line examination of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled.
The 2017-19 Parliament dissolved at the end of the 2019 Session and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
