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Major Developments (13th – 17th
March)
Healthcare Commission to publish Annual Health
Check
The Healthcare Commission has announced that it an Annual Health
Check will replace the star ratings from this year and is designed to offer a
richer picture of performance. For further details, please see below.
Westminster Hall Debate on Reconfigurations
in the NHS
Dr Richard Taylor MP lead a debate this week on NHS
reconfiguration, arguing that given NHS deficits, the European working time
directive and ever-increasing demands for better and more expensive
treatments, the NHS should make economies and that the politics should be
taken out of such decisions. See below to see the debate in
full.
Lib Dem Appointment
Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell MP has announced that
John Pugh MP (Southport) is to join the
Liberal Democrat’s health team.
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The Week Ahead (20th – 24th
March)
Monday 20th March
House of Commons: Debate on deficits in the NHS.
House of Commons: At the end of the sitting: Adjournment: Mark
Pritchard: Health services in the West Midlands.
Tuesday 21st March
Westminster Hall: Subject proposed to be raised on
the Motion for the Adjournment - Tuberculosis in the developing world. John
Barrett MP
APHG Seminar: The Role of the
Independent Sector in the NHS.
The independent sector is set to play a significant role in
the provision of healthcare in the UK as part of Government plans to
reform the National Health Service. Secretary of State for Health, Rt Hon
Patricia Hewitt will address the meeting, as well as Dr Jennifer Dixon from
the King’s Fund, Rt Hon Kevin Barron MP, and Carol Bannister, South
Hampshire & West Devon PCT.
Please see below for further details.
Thursday 23rd March
House
of Commons: Health Select Committee: Independent Sector Treatment Centres
Inquiry: Evidence session.
Witnesses:
Mr Robin Smith, Chief Executive of Mendip PCT; Ms Jane Hanna, Former
Non-Executive Director of South-West Oxfordshire PCT; Ms Nicola Easey,
Lead for Modernisation & Commissioning Paired Leads Network, NHS Alliance;
Dr Donal Hynes, Vice Chairman of the NHS Alliance and Medical Director of
Somerset Coast PCT; Dr Tony Marsh, Chairman of Gedling PCT PEC; Ms Valerie
Smith, Independent Sector Adviser, Royal College of Nursing; Ms Gail Adams,
Head of Nursing, UNISON; Mr Barrie Brown, Health Sector Officer, Amicus
Friday 24th March
House
of Lords: Special Health Authorities (Audit) Order 2006—The Lord
McKenzie of Luton to move, That the draft
Order laid before the House on 13th February be approved. [19th Report from the Joint Committee]
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This Past Week (13th – 17th
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
There were no Health Questions this week.
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Questions to the Prime Minister (15th
March)
Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire, Moorlands) – Staffordshire Ambulance Service
Mr. Lee Scott (Ilford, North) – Drug and Alcohol abuse
Bob Spink (Castle Point) – Little Havens children’s hospice (Castle Point)
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Business of the House (16th
March)
Mrs. Theresa May (Maidenhead) – Social services funding shortfalls and the provision of
social care
Mrs. Maria Miller (Basingstoke) – The NHS complaints system
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) – The role of the health and safety executive
David Taylor (North-West Leicestershire) – The Private Finance Initiative in the NHS
Mr. Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry) – Male health
Bob Spink (Castle Point) – Impending redundancies of NHS dentists
Mr. Charles Walker (Broxbourne) – The future funding of Hertfordshire mental health
services
Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) – NHS waiting times
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch) – The Home Oxygen Service
Westminster Hall
Debates
Tuesday 14th March
NHS Finances
NHS Reconfigurations
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Written Ministerial Statements
Monday 13th March
NHS Charges
Wednesday 15th March
Independent Advisory Group on Sexual Health and
HIV (Annual Report)
Thursday 16th March
MHRA (Clinical Trials)
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Chamber
and Legislation
Monday 13th March
Incapacity Benefit
Disability Living Allowance
Incapacity Benefit
Southend Cancer Centre
Wednesday 15th March
Health and Personal Social Service Regulation
and Improvement Authority
Friday 17th March
Breast Cancer Bill
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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
Alcohol Treatment [14 Mar 2006]
Alzheimer's Disease [14 Mar 2006]
Alzheimer's Disease [9 Mar 2006]
Ambulance Services [9 Mar 2006]
Audiology [10 Mar 2006]
Avian Influenza [14 Mar 2006]
Aviation Health [9 Mar 2006]
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ALPHABETS
B
Bedfordshire Heartlands Primary Care Trust [9
Mar 2006]
Beef Procurement [14 Mar 2006]
Benzene [14 Mar 2006]
Benzodiazepine Addiction [14 Mar 2006]
Biobank Project [14 Mar 2006]
Bowel Cancer [13 Mar 2006]
Business Service Agency [9 Mar 2006]
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ALPHABETS
C
Cancer [13 Mar 2006]
Cancer [14 Mar 2006]
Cannabis [14 Mar 2006]
Carers [10 Mar 2006]
Carers [13 Mar 2006]
Carers [9 Mar 2006]
Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health
Authority [13 Mar 2006]
Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority
[14 Mar 2006]
Chlamydia [14 Mar 2006]
Choose and Book System [10 Mar 2006]
Code of Practice Family and Post-mortems [9 Mar
2006]
Cognitive and Behavioural Therapists [10 Mar
2006]
Community Hospitals [10 Mar 2006]
Community Hospitals [13 Mar 2006]
Community Hospitals [9 Mar 2006]
Community Pharmacies (Peterborough) [10 Mar
2006]
Complaints and Advocacy Service [13 Mar 2006]
Contraception [14 Mar 2006]
Correspondence [9 Mar 2006]
Critical Care Costs [13 Mar 2006]
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D
Deaf Children [14 Mar 2006]
Dentistry [10 Mar 2006]
Dentistry [13 Mar 2006]
Dentistry [14 Mar 2006]
Dentistry [9 Mar 2006]
Departmental Advice [10 Mar 2006]
Departmental Energy Costs [13 Mar 2006]
Departmental Estate [13 Mar 2006]
Departmental Information Leaflets [13 Mar 2006]
Departmental Performance Support Team [13 Mar
2006]
Departmental Staff [13 Mar 2006]
Diabetes [10 Mar 2006]
Diabetes [14 Mar 2006]
Diabetic Nurses [10 Mar 2006]
Disability Allowance (Peterborough) [9 Mar 2006]
Doctors/Nurses (Recruitment) [9 Mar 2006]
Domestic Violence [9 Mar 2006]
Domiciliary Oxygen [9 Mar 2006]
Dominican Republic (HIV/AIDS) [15 Mar 2006]
Drug Treatment Programmes [9 Mar 2006]
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy [9 Mar 2006]
Dysfluency [9 Mar 2006]
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ALPHABETS
E
E.coli 0157 [14 Mar 2006]
Early Retirement [13 Mar 2006]
Efficiency [13 Mar 2006]
Elective Treatment [14 Mar 2006]
Emergency Treatment [10 Mar 2006]
Equal Pay [10 Mar 2006]
European Working Time Directive [10 Mar 2006]
Expert Patients [9 Mar 2006]
Eye Tests [14 Mar 2006]
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ALPHABETS
F
Foster Green Hospital [14 Mar 2006]
Foster Review [14 Mar 2006]
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ALPHABETS
G
General Medical Services Contract (Obesity) [9
Mar 2006]
General Practitioners' Premises [14 Mar 2006]
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ALPHABETS
H
Health Action Zones [10 Mar 2006]
Health Care (Africa) [13 Mar 2006]
Health Funding [9 Mar 2006]
Health Service Management [13 Mar 2006]
Health Services (Gloucestershire) [14 Mar 2006]
Health White Paper [10 Mar 2006]
Health White Paper [13 Mar 2006]
Health White Paper [9 Mar 2006]
Hepatitis [14 Mar 2006]
Hepatitis B [9 Mar 2006]
Hepatitis C [14 Mar 2006]
Herceptin [13 Mar 2006]
Heroin Addicts [13 Mar 2006]
HIV [9 Mar 2006]
HIV/AIDS [13 Mar 2006]
Homeopathic Doctors [14 Mar 2006]
Hospices (Peterborough) [13 Mar 2006]
Hospital Cleaning [14 Mar 2006]
Hospital Closures [13 Mar 2006]
Hospital Referrals [10 Mar 2006]
Hospital Treatment [13 Mar 2006]
Hospital-acquired Infections [14 Mar 2006]
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act [14 Mar
2006]
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ALPHABETS
I
Immunisation [14 Mar 2006]
Incapacity Benefit [13 Mar 2006]
Incapacity Benefit [9 Mar 2006]
Influenza [13 Mar 2006]
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ALPHABETS
J
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ALPHABETS
K
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ALPHABETS
L
Laser Eye Surgery [10 Mar 2006]
Lesotho [10 Mar 2006]
Life Expectancy [14 Mar 2006]
Life Expectancy [9 Mar 2006]
Local Authority Social Services Departments [13
Mar 2006]
London Ambulance Service [14 Mar 2006]
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ALPHABETS
M
Macular Degeneration [10 Mar 2006]
Media Training [13 Mar 2006]
Medical Staff (Sexual Offences) [10 Mar 2006]
Mental Health [13 Mar 2006]
MHRA [13 Mar 2006]
Missed Appointments [10 Mar 2006]
Mr. John Jesky [13 Mar 2006]
MRI Scans [9 Mar 2006]
MRSA [13 Mar 2006]
MRSA [14 Mar 2006]
MS Centres (Inspection Costs) [9 Mar 2006]
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ALPHABETS
N
Newmarket Hospital [9 Mar 2006]
NHS Authorities/Trusts [10 Mar 2006]
NHS Direct [10 Mar 2006]
NHS Employees [10 Mar 2006]
NHS Finance [13 Mar 2006]
NHS Finance [9 Mar 2006]
NHS Finance Data [10 Mar 2006]
NHS Financial Deficits [10 Mar 2006]
NHS Organisations [9 Mar 2006]
NHS Pay [10 Mar 2006]
NHS Productivity [9 Mar 2006]
NHS Staff [10 Mar 2006]
NHS Trusts (Oxfordshire) [14 Mar 2006]
NHS Trusts [14 Mar 2006]
Nurse Training [13 Mar 2006]
Nurses [14 Mar 2006]
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ALPHABETS
O
Obesity [14 Mar 2006]
Obesity [9 Mar 2006]
Optometrists [10 Mar 2006]
Organ Donation [13 Mar 2006]
Osteoporosis [14 Mar 2006]
Out-of-hours Provision [13 Mar 2006]
Over the Counter Medicines [9 Mar 2006]
Over-the-Counter Medicines [13 Mar 2006]
Oxygen Deliveries [10 Mar 2006]
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ALPHABETS
P
Paediatric Continence Services [13 Mar 2006]
Pandemic Influenza [16 Mar 2006]
Pandemic Influenza [9 Mar 2006]
Parliamentary Questions [10 Mar 2006]
Parliamentary Questions [9 Mar 2006]
Patient Care in Peterborough [10 Mar 2006]
Patient Registration (York/Selby) [13 Mar 2006]
PCT Efficiency Savings [14 Mar 2006]
Personal Capability Assessments [14 Mar 2006]
Personal Expenses (Residential and Nursing
Accommodation) [13 Mar 2006]
Personality Disorder Services [9 Mar 2006]
PFI Contracts [14 Mar 2006]
Physiotherapists [10 Mar 2006]
Polio (India) [9 Mar 2006]
Practice-based Contracting [9 Mar 2006]
Primary Care Trusts (Expenditure) [10 Mar 2006]
Primary Care Trusts (North Yorkshire) [13 Mar
2006]
Prisoners (Mental Health) [10 Mar 2006]
Private Offices [13 Mar 2006]
Psychiatric Secure Accommodation [9 Mar 2006]
Public Health [10 Mar 2006]
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ALPHABETS
Q
Queen's Birthday [10 Mar 2006]
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ALPHABETS
R
Raw Milk Products [9 Mar 2006]
Respiratory Syncytial Virus [9 Mar 2006]
Rheumatoid Arthritis [13 Mar 2006]
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital [10 Mar 2006]
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ALPHABETS
S
Section 64 Funding [13 Mar 2006]
Sexual Health [10 Mar 2006]
Sexual Health [9 Mar 2006]
Sexually Transmitted Diseases [14 Mar 2006]
Smoking [9 Mar 2006]
Social Care Staff [13 Mar 2006]
Soft Drinks (Benzene) [14 Mar 2006]
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust [13 Mar
2006]
Specialist Baby Care [13 Mar 2006]
Spending Review (Efficiency Targets) [9 Mar
2006]
Stoma Services [13 Mar 2006]
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ALPHABETS
T
Temozolomide [13 Mar 2006]
Temozolomide [14 Mar 2006]
Temozolomide [14 Mar 2006]
Tooth Decay [10 Mar 2006]
Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products [14 Mar
2006]
Training (Nurses/Doctors) [10 Mar 2006]
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ALPHABETS
U
United Health Europe [9 Mar 2006]
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ALPHABETS
V
Vaccination/Immunisation [14 Mar 2006]
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