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Major Developments (6th – 10th
March)
Sir Nigel Crisp resigns as NHS Chief
Executive
Sir Nigel Crisp has resigned as head of the NHS in the face of increasing fiscal deficits. He is to take early
retirement after more than five years in the post, during which he oversaw
the implementation of the first half of the ten-year NHS Plan. Sir Nigel said
he was 'saddened' by the financial problems in the health service. The NHS
faces a deficit this year of up to £900m, double last year's shortfall.
Cameron targets Crisp resignation in
PMQs
Tony Blair refused to deny that Sir Nigel Crisp was
sacked as head of the NHS, amid robust exchanges on the issue at Prime Minister's question time.
Conservative leader David Cameron urged ministers to take responsibility for
what is predicted to be a significant deficit in the health service. Mr Blair
said that Sir Nigel should be proud of the improvement made in the NHS,
including extra doctors and nurses and a reduction in waiting lists.
Local Services and Dentistry
highlighted in Health Questions
At this month’s Parliamentary Health Questions
the focus was primarily on the provision and quality of primary care services
such as Dentistry and General Practice. There was also strong interest in the
structural aspects of the NHS such as fiscal controls and PCT mergers.
Go ahead given for St Bart’s
and the Royal London
Doctors have welcomed the long-awaited approval of
the scheme to rebuild two teaching hospitals in London in the biggest private finance
initiative within the National Health Service to date. Patricia Hewitt, the
health secretary, approved the redevelopment of St Bartholomew's hospital and the Royal
London after delays which patient groups and the
hospital trust claimed had added £35m to the £1.1bn cost.
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The Week Ahead (13th – 17th
March)
Tuesday 14th March
Westminster Hall: Subject proposed to be raised on
the Motion for the Adjournment - State of NHS finances. Andrew George MP
Westminster Hall: Subject proposed to be raised on
the Motion for the Adjournment - NHS reconfigurations. Dr Richard Taylor
House of Commons: International Development Select
Committee: The Government Response to the Committee’s
report Delivering the goods: HIV/AIDS and
the provision of anti-retrovirals will be published.
The
Department of Health to publish new guidance on GP contracts.
Thursday 16th March
House
of Commons: Health Select Committee: Independent Sector Treatment Centres
Inquiry: Evidence session. Witnesses: Capio Healthcare UK; BMI Healthcare; Care
UK; Netcare Healthcare UK; Mercury Health; Alliance Medical; Healthcare
Commission; General Medical Council; Postgraduate Medical Education and
Training Board (PMETB); The King’s Fund; Dr Sally Ruane, Health Policy
Research Unit, De Montfort University; &, The British Medical Association.
Friday 17th March
House of Commons: Private Member’s Bill: Food
Supplements (European Communities Act 1972 Disapplication) Bill: Second Reading. Member in charge: Mr
William Cash MP.
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This Past Week (6th – 10th
March)
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
(7th
March)
Rehabilitation (Visual Impairment)
Home Oxygen Service
Colorants
Access to GPs
Business Services Authority
Clinical Advisory Liaison Services
Dentist Training
Dentists' Earnings
Primary Care (West Bromwich, West)
NHS Expenditure
Mixed-sex Wards
Readmission Rates
PCT Mergers
Telephone Charges (Hospitals)
Smoking
NHS Dentistry
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Questions to the
Prime Minister (8th March)
Mr. David Cameron (Witney) – The resignation of Sir Ngel Crisp; financial and structural
problems in the NHS
John Mann (Bassetlaw) – Miners’ and textile workers’ deafness claims
Mr. David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford) – Mobile phone masts
Mr. William Cash (Stone) – NHS problems in the Staffordshire area
Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) – Point of order – NHS waiting times
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Business of the House (9th March)
Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde) – The management of the NHS
Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) – The provision of stairlifts for elderly people
Mr. David Chaytor (Bury, North) – Maternity services
Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) – NHS waiting times
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Westminster
Hall Debates
There were no health debates in Westminster Hall this week
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Written Ministerial Statements
Monday 6th March
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
Wednesday 8th March
Changes to Primary Care Trusts
Thursday 9th March
Coal Health Claims Handling Contract
Friday 10th March
Optical Voucher Values
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Chamber
and Legislation
Tuesday 7th March
Children with Asperger's Syndrome (Warrington)
Wednesday 8th March
Disabled Facilities Grant
Attendance Allowance and Disability Living
Allowance (Information)
Ambulance Services
Thursday 9th March
Avian Influenza
Avian Influenza
Friday 10th March
Breast Cancer Bill
Domiciliary Oxygen
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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
Accident and Emergency Services [7 Mar 2006]
Acinetobacter [3 Mar 2006]
Agenda for Change [3 Mar 2006]
Agenda for Change [7 Mar 2006]
Alcohol-related Illness (Thames Valley) [1 Mar
2006]
Alzheimer's Disease [2 Mar 2006]
Alzheimer's Disease [3 Mar 2006]
Ambulance Staff (Abuse) [2 Mar 2006]
Ambulance Trusts [3 Mar 2006]
Anabolic Steroids [7 Mar 2006]
Aspartame [1 Mar 2006]
Audiologists [2 Mar 2006]
Audiology Services [1 Mar 2006]
Avian Influenza [3 Mar 2006]
Avian Influenza [6 Mar 2006]
Avian Influenza [7 Mar 2006]
Avian Influenza [8 Mar 2006]
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ALPHABETS
B
BCG Vaccination [1 Mar 2006]
Blood Products [1 Mar 2006]
Breast Cancer [1 Mar 2006]
Breast Cancer [2 Mar 2006]
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ALPHABETS
C
Cadaveric Donations [2 Mar 2006]
Cancer [7 Mar 2006]
Cannabis [3 Mar 2006]
Car Parking Charges [7 Mar 2006]
Care Definitions [7 Mar 2006]
Carers (Housing Benefit) [2 Mar 2006]
Carers [7 Mar 2006]
Centrally-funded Expenditure [3 Mar 2006]
Cervical Smear Tests [2 Mar 2006]
Children Leaving Care [7 Mar 2006]
Chlamydia [1 Mar 2006]
Clinical Practice (Alternative Pricing) [3 Mar
2006]
Colon Cancer [2 Mar 2006]
Community Hospitals [3 Mar 2006]
Community Practitioners [3 Mar 2006]
Correspondence [7 Mar 2006]
Cot Death [7 Mar 2006]
Counsellors/Psychotherapists [3 Mar 2006]
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D
Defibrillators [2 Mar 2006]
Dementia [2 Mar 2006]
Dementia [7 Mar 2006]
Demographics [3 Mar 2006]
Dentistry [1 Mar 2006]
Dentistry [2 Mar 2006]
Dentistry [6 Mar 2006]
Dentistry [7 Mar 2006]
Departmental Assets [3 Mar 2006]
Departmental Information Leaflets [7 Mar 2006]
Digital Hearing Aids [1 Mar 2006]
Digital Hearing Aids [7 Mar 2006]
Disabled Parking [2 Mar 2006]
Disabled Volunteers [3 Mar 2006]
Doctors (Suspensions) [2 Mar 2006]
Domiciliary Oxygen [3 Mar 2006]
DRR Hensman [7 Mar 2006]
Drugs [7 Mar 2006]
Dysfluency [7 Mar 2006]
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E
Early Retirement [3 Mar 2006]
Eating Disorders [2 Mar 2006]
Elder Abuse [3 Mar 2006]
Erythropoietin [2 Mar 2006]
External Contractors (Bedfordshire and
Hertfordshire) [7 Mar 2006]
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F
Farley's Rusks [1 Mar 2006]
Fiscal Incentives [1 Mar 2006]
Free Eye Examinations [2 Mar 2006]
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption [1 Mar 2006]
"Fuel for Living" [1 Mar 2006]
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G
Gambling Addiction [2 Mar 2006]
General Medical Council's Complaints Mechanism
[3 Mar 2006]
General Practitioners [3 Mar 2006]
Gulf War-related Illnesses [2 Mar 2006]
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H
Haemodynamic Fluid Optimisation [2 Mar 2006]
Health Action Zones [1 Mar 2006]
Health and Social Services Councils [7 Mar 2006]
Health Budget [2 Mar 2006]
Health Care (Tamworth) [2 Mar 2006]
Health Care [7 Mar 2006]
Health Reform in England; Update and Next Steps
[2 Mar 2006]
Health Service Funding [2 Mar 2006]
Health Services (Wakefield) [2 Mar 2006]
Health Services (Wakefield) [3 Mar 2006]
Health White Paper [1 Mar 2006]
Hearing Tests [7 Mar 2006]
Herceptin [2 Mar 2006]
Herceptin [7 Mar 2006]
Heroin [1 Mar 2006]
High Cholesterol [7 Mar 2006]
HIV Treatment [2 Mar 2006]
HIV/AIDS (Hertfordshire) [7 Mar 2006]
Home Oxygen Service [3 Mar 2006]
Home Oxygen Service [7 Mar 2006]
Hospital Food [7 Mar 2006]
Hospital Services [7 Mar 2006]
Hospital-acquired Infections [2 Mar 2006]
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine [3 Mar 2006]
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine [7 Mar 2006]
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I
Illegal Drugs [1 Mar 2006]
Incapacity Benefit [2 Mar 2006]
Incapacity Benefit [3 Mar 2006]
Incapacity Benefit [7 Mar 2006]
Independent Sector Provision [3 Mar 2006]
Independent Treatment Centres [3 Mar 2006]
Influenza [1 Mar 2006]
Influenza Pandemic [8 Mar 2006]
Influenza Vaccine [3 Mar 2006]
In-patient Televisions (Subtitles) [3 Mar 2006]
Institutional Care (Disabled People) [7 Mar
2006]
Insulin [2 Mar 2006]
Involuntary Automaticity [2 Mar 2006]
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J
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K
Ketamine [7 Mar 2006]
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L
Learning Disability [7 Mar 2006]
Learning Disability Services [7 Mar 2006]
Life Expectancy [8 Mar 2006]
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M
Macmillan Nurses [2 Mar 2006]
Magic Mushrooms [1 Mar 2006]
Magic Mushrooms [7 Mar 2006]
Mammography Screening [2 Mar 2006]
Maternity Statistics [6 Mar 2006]
Medical Research [7 Mar 2006]
Medicines [2 Mar 2006]
Medicines [3 Mar 2006]
Mental Health [7 Mar 2006]
Mental Health [7 Mar 2006]
MHRA [7 Mar 2006]
Milton Keynes PCT [2 Mar 2006]
Ministerial Speech [3 Mar 2006]
MMR Vaccine [1 Mar 2006]
MSRA [1 Mar 2006]
Multiple Sclerosis [2 Mar 2006]
Multiple Sclerosis [7 Mar 2006]
Myeloma [2 Mar 2006]
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N
National Health Research Strategy [3 Mar 2006]
National Institute for Health and Clinical
Excellence [3 Mar 2006]
National Institute for Medical Research [7 Mar
2006]
National Programme for Information Technology [3
Mar 2006]
Needlestick Injuries [3 Mar 2006]
NHS (Private Providers) [3 Mar 2006]
NHS Budget [3 Mar 2006]
NHS Dialysis Treatment [2 Mar 2006]
NHS Direct [3 Mar 2006]
NHS Finance [3 Mar 2006]
NHS Litigation Authority Panel [2 Mar 2006]
NHS Optometry [7 Mar 2006]
NHS Staff [7 Mar 2006]
NHS Trusts (Arrears) [7 Mar 2006]
Non-medical Professional Regulation [2 Mar 2006]
Nurses (South West London) [3 Mar 2006]
Nursing Agencies [3 Mar 2006]
Nutrition/Health Claims [1 Mar 2006]
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ALPHABETS
O
Obesity [1 Mar 2006]
Obesity [6 Mar 2006]
Outsourcing [3 Mar 2006]
Oxygen Service [7 Mar 2006]
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P
Paediatric Continence Services [3 Mar 2006]
Paediatric Intensive Care Beds [3 Mar 2006]
Paper Prescriptions [3 Mar 2006]
Parliamentary Questions [1 Mar 2006]
Parliamentary Questions [2 Mar 2006]
Parliamentary Questions [7 Mar 2006]
Patient Violence [7 Mar 2006]
Patientline [7 Mar 2006]
Personal Capability Assessments [7 Mar 2006]
Pesticides [1 Mar 2006]
Pharmacist Fees [2 Mar 2006]
Post-exposure Prophylaxis [1 Mar 2006]
Predictive Diallers [7 Mar 2006]
Prescription Charges [2 Mar 2006]
Prescription Charges [7 Mar 2006]
Prevenar [1 Mar 2006]
Primary Care Trusts [2 Mar 2006]
Prisoners [7 Mar 2006]
Private Finance Initiative [2 Mar 2006]
Private Finance Initiative [7 Mar 2006]
Prostate Cancer [2 Mar 2006]
Prostate Cancer [7 Mar 2006]
Psychology [3 Mar 2006]
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Q
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R
Research and Development [1 Mar 2006]
Rheumatology Services [7 Mar 2006]
Royal Victoria Hospital [7 Mar 2006]
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S
Salt Consumption [2 Mar 2006]
School Nurses (Development) [7 Mar 2006]
Sentinel Computer System [2 Mar 2006]
Sexual Health [1 Mar 2006]
Sexual Health Services [7 Mar 2006]
Social Services [7 Mar 2006]
Social Work (Recruitment) [7 Mar 2006]
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