The Health and Social Care Committee is considering the provisional common framework on blood safety and quality.

The provisional blood safety and quality common framework

The provisional common framework on blood safety and quality was published on 2 December 2021. It sets out how the UK Government and devolved governments will work together in relation to safety and quality standards for blood and blood components outside the EU.

On 17 December 2021, the Health and Social Care Committee wrote to the Minister for Health and Social Services to seek further information about the framework.

After consideration of the response received from the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Health and Social Care Committee wrote to the Minister on 21 March 2022 making a number of recommendations. A holding response from the Minister was received on 9 May 2022. The Committee wrote back to the Minister on 14 June 2022.

Further background information about common frameworks and the Senedd’s scrutiny is available on the common frameworks webpage.