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Major Developments (3rd – 7th
July)
Hewitt pledges £750 million to community
hospitals
Speaking in the house on Wednesday 5th July,
Secretary of State for Health Patricia Hewitt announced up to £750 million in
extra funding for the NHS to invest in community
hospitals. Click here to view the debate or click here to read the Department of Health
announcement.
Widespread abuse of people with
learning disabilities discovered
Widespread institutional abuse of people with learning disabilities at
an NHS Trust in Cornwall
has been revealed in a report published by the Healthcare Commission and the
Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI). The report describes many years
of abusive practices at the trust and the failure of senior trust executives
to tackle this. Click here to read more.
DH puts a stop to the hiring of
foreign nurses
The NHS no longer needs to hire more junior nurses from abroad, according
to Health Minister Lord Warner. The role is being taken off the
Home Office shortage occupation list. This means employers
will need to advertise any vacancies first and only if they are unable to
fill the post can they turn to international recruitment. Click here to read more.
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The Week Ahead (10th – 14th
July)
Monday 10th July
House of Lords: The Lord Addington—To ask Her
Majesty’s Government what is their response to the report by the Audit
Commission, Public Sports and Recreation
Services, that school sports facilities are not being used to full
effect to provide community sports and recreation facilities which are fit
for purpose.
House of Lords: The Baroness Howe of Idlicote—To
ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they will take as a result of
the Food Standards Agency’s recommendation that all television
advertising of food with high fat, sugar or salt content should be banned
before the nine o’clock watershed.
Tuesday 11th July
House of Commons: Public Accounts Select Committee: Publication
of Report: Reducing brain damage - faster access to better stroke care.
Wednesday 12th July
Westminster Hall: Subject
proposed to be raised on the Motion for the Adjournment: David Gauke MP:
Changes to NHS services in Hertfordshire.
House of Lords: The Lord Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham—To ask Her Majesty’s Government
whether, in the event of an outbreak of pandemic influenza, they would
designate ministers of religion as key workers.
House of Commons: Science and Technology Select
Committee: Human Reproductive Technologies & the Law:
follow up: Oral evidence session: To give evidence: Caroline Flint MP,
Secretary of State for Public Health, Dept of Health
Thursday 13th July
House of Commons: Remaining Stages of the NHS Redress Bill [Lords].
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This Past Week (3rd – 7th
July)
HOUSE
OF COMMONS
Health
Questions l Questions to the Prime
Minister l Westminster Hall Debates l Written Ministerial
Statements l Chamber and Legislation l Written Answers (A-Z) l The Committee Corridor
l Early Day
Motions
HOUSE
OF LORDS
Lords Chamber l Written Answers (Lords)
OTHER PARLIAMENTARY BODIES
Private Legislation l National Audit Office
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HOUSE
OF COMMONS
Parliamentary Health Questions –
Answered in the Chamber
There were no parliamentary health questions this
week
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Questions to the Prime Minister (5th July)
Jeremy Browne (Taunton) – Health services in Taunton
Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) – Health services in Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire) – Southport & Ormskirk hospital
Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) – Closure of Winchcombe hospital
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire) – Health in Africa
Eric Illsley (Barnsley, Central) – NICE decisions on Alzheimer’s drugs
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Business of the House (6th
July)
Theresa May (Maidenhead) – Community hospitals
Bill Olner (Nuneaton) – George Eliot hospital and the acute services review
Christopher Fraser (South-West Norfolk) – Community hospitals
John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings) – The communications aid project
Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley) – Inhaled insulin
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Westminster Hall Debates
Wednesday 5th July
School Meals
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Written Ministerial Statements
Thursday 6th July
Meat Hygiene Service
Learning Disability Services (Cornwall
Partnerships NHS Trust)
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Chamber and
Legislation
Monday 3rd July
Estimates 2006-07: Department of Health
Department of Health
Wednesday 5th July
NHS Operations
Community Hospitals
Ambulances (County Durham)
Thursday 6th July
Medical Professions
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Written Answers (A-Z by subject) – Select a
letter.
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A l B l C l D l E l F l G l H l I l J l K l L l M l N l O l P l Q l R l S l T l U l V l W l X l Y l Z
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A
Abattoirs [4 July 2006]
Abortion [3 July 2006]
Abortion [4 July 2006]
Abortion [6 July 2006]
Administration Spending [3 July 2006]
Agenda for Change [4 July 2006]
AIDS [5 July 2006]
AIDS [6 July 2006]
Alcohol-related Hospital Admissions
[5 July 2006]
Alzheimer's Disease [3 July 2006]
Alzheimer's Disease [4 July 2006]
Anaemia [3 July 2006]
Arun Community Hospital [6 July 2006]
Audiology [4 July 2006]
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B
Birth/Death Statistics [6 July 2006]
Black/Asian Employees [6 July 2006]
Breast Milk Substitutes [4 July 2006]
Breast Milk Substitutes [5 July 2006]
Breast Milk Substitutes [6 July 2006]
Breastfeeding [3 July 2006]
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C
Cadbury Schweppes (Chocolate
Contamination) [5 July 2006]
Care Costs [5 July 2006]
Care Homes [3 July 2006]
Care Homes [5 July 2006]
Carers [4 July 2006]
Carers [5 July 2006]
Carer's Allowance [4 July 2006]
Carers Champion [5 July 2006]
Causes of Death [4 July 2006]
Childhood Immunisation Services [6
July 2006]
Children (Medical Procedures) [5 July
2006]
Chiropody [3 July 2006]
Choose and Book System [4 July 2006]
Cochlear Implant Treatment [3 July
2006]
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy [4 July
2006]
Community Hospitals [5 July 2006]
Connecting for Health [6 July 2006]
Consultants [3 July 2006]
Consultants [6 July 2006]
Correspondence [3 July 2006]
Correspondence [5 July 2006]
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D
Dentistry [5 July 2006]
Departmental Annual Reports [5 July
2006]
Departmental Documents [6 July 2006]
Departmental Staff [5 July 2006]
Departmental Websites [4 July 2006]
DHL/Novation [3 July 2006]
Diabetes [4 July 2006]
Diabetes [5 July 2006]
Digital Hearing Aids [5 July 2006]
Digital Hearing Aids [6 July 2006]
Direct Payments [6 July 2006]
Disability and Carers Service [4 July
2006]
District Community Nursing [4 July
2006]
Doctors [4 July 2006]
Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin [5
July 2006]
Drug Rehabilitation [4 July 2006]
Drug Rehabilitation [6 July 2006]
Drug-related Deaths [5 July 2006]
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E
Egg Imports (Salmonella) [3 July
2006]
Elderly Care (Staff Protocol) [4 July
2006]
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F
Field Hospitals [3 July 2006]
Food Safety Act [4 July 2006]
Food Supplements [4 July 2006]
Freedom of Information [3 July 2006]
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G
Gender Dysphoria [5 July 2006]
Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria [5 July 2006]
GP Referrals [6 July 2006]
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H
Health and Safety Executive [4 July
2006]
Health and Social Care Awards [3 July
2006]
Health Care (Shropshire) [6 July
2006]
Health Projects [5 July 2006]
Health Questionnaires [3 July 2006]
Health Sector Assistance [4 July
2006]
Health Services (Stoke-on-Trent) [4
July 2006]
Health Services (Stoke-on-Trent) [5
July 2006]
Health Worker Migration [3 July 2006]
Health Workers (International
Recruitment) [4 July 2006]
Hepatitis C [4 July 2006]
Herceptin [6 July 2006]
Home Births [3 July 2006]
Hospital Infections [3 July 2006]
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I
Incapacity Benefit [4 July 2006]
Incapacity Benefit [4 July 2006]
Independent Sector Treatment Centres
[5 July 2006]
Infant Formula Regulations [3 July
2006]
Influenza [4 July 2006]
Influenza [5 July 2006]
Information Technology [6 July 2006]
Insulin Inhalers [5 July 2006]
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J
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K
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L
Leftover Prescription Drugs [5 July
2006]
Legislation [3 July 2006]
Life Expectancy [6 July 2006]
Lung Cancer [4 July 2006]
Lung Cancer [5 July 2006]
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M
Macmillan Nurses [5 July 2006]
Malnutrition [6 July 2006]
Management Consultancy [4 July 2006]
Maternity Services [3 July 2006]
Measles [4 July 2006]
Mental Health [6 July 2006]
Mental Health Act [5 July 2006]
Motor Neurone Disease [5 July 2006]
MRI Scans [5 July 2006]
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N
New Technologies [3 July 2006]
NHS [3 July 2006]
NHS Banks [5 July 2006]
NHS Care Records Service [6 July
2006]
NHS Complaints [5 July 2006]
NHS Direct [4 July 2006]
NHS Direct [5 July 2006]
NHS Direct [6 July 2006]
NHS Finance [3 July 2006]
NHS Finances [5 July 2006]
NHS Information Technology [6 July
2006]
NHS IT Programme [4 July 2006]
NHS IT Support [6 July 2006]
NHS Managers [5 July 2006]
NHS Performance [3 July 2006]
NHS Staff [4 July 2006]
NHS Staff [6 July 2006]
NHS Treatment [5 July 2006]
Nurses [5 July 2006]
Nurses and Midwives [4 July 2006]
Nursing Staff [6 July 2006]
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O
Obesity [3 July 2006]
Obesity [5 July 2006]
Obesity [6 July 2006]
Older People [3 July 2006]
Olympics [6 July 2006]
Ophthalmic Treatments [3 July 2006]
Osteoporosis [6 July 2006]
Our Health, Our Say [6 July 2006]
Overseas Visitors (NHS Care) [5 July 2006]
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P
Palliative Care [5 July 2006]
Papilloma Virus Vaccine [6 July 2006]
Parkinson's Disease [5 July 2006]
Patient Transport [4 July 2006]
Personal Capability Assessment [6
July 2006]
Practice-based Commissioning [5 July
2006]
Primary Care Trusts [3 July 2006]
Primary Care Trusts [5 July 2006]
Private Sector Contracts [3 July
2006]
Prostate Cancer [3 July 2006]
Public Consultations [5 July 2006]
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Q
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R
Recombinant Factor VII [3 July 2006]
Redundancy Arrangements [5 July 2006]
Referrals [4 July 2006]
Reproductive Health [3 July 2006]
Reproductive Health [5 July 2006]
Residential Care [3 July 2006]
Ritalin [5 July 2006]
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust [4
July 2006]
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S
School Meals [4 July 2006]
Seasonal Influenza Vaccine [5 July
2006]
Seat Belts [4 July 2006]
Severalls Hospital, Colchester [3
July 2006]
Sexual Health [6 July 2006]
Sexual Health Education [5 July 2006]
Short Break Provision (Surrey) [4
July 2006]
Sick Days [3 July 2006]
Sir David Henshaw [5 July 2006]
Smoking [5 July 2006]
Speech and Language Therapy [5 July
2006]
Speech and Language Therapy [5 July
2006]
St. Ann's Hospital, Haringey [5 July
2006]
Stem Cell Research [3 July 2006]
Sun Care Products [4 July 2006]
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T
Teenage Pregnancy [4 July 2006]
Teenage Pregnancy [5 July 2006]
Tetanus [4 July 2006]
Tourists (Health Care Funding) [5
July 2006]
Treatment Abroad [5 July 2006]
Turnaround Teams [5 July 2006]
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U
Under-age Drinking [3 July 2006]
Under-age Drinking [5 July 2006]
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V
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W
Waiting Lists [5 July 2006]
Waiting Lists/Times [3 July 2006]
Water [4 July 2006]
West Cheshire Primary Care Trust [5
July 2006]
Wheelchairs [6 July 2006]
Wound Care [4 July 2006]
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X
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Young Carers [3 July 2006]
Young Carers [4 July 2006]
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Z
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Health Select Committee
Monday 3rd July
Publication – NHS Deficits:
Sixth Report
Written Evidence - HTML version (browsable)
PDF version 
Tuesday 4th July
Independent Sector Treatment Centres
inquiry: Evidence published
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Ken
Anderson, Bleddyn Rees and Geoff Serle.
Click here to view the uncorrected oral evidence.
Workforce Planning inquiry: Evidence
published
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by
Professor David Go | 
