The request was for details of the procedures NHS Improvement has for consultation with non NHS bodies; what consultation procedures NHS Improvement applied to the update to the Single Oversight Framework; what non NHS bodies were consulted; what comments were received in relation to dropping readmission rates from the list of quality indicators for acute providers and what prompted the removal of readmission rates from the list of quality indicators.

NHS Improvement held the information requested and decided to release all of the information it held.