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Major Developments (16th – 20th
January)
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NHS Trust Foundation Applications
Patricia Hewitt has declared her support for 18 more NHS trusts
wanting to apply for foundation status.
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New rights under the Mental Capacity
Act
It was announced that people will soon be able to appoint attorneys to
make decisions about their medical treatment should they lose the mental
ability to do so themselves.
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The Week Ahead (23rd – 27th
January)
Monday 23rd January
Adjournment Debate - NHS audiology services (Dr
Howard Stoate MP)
House of Lords - The Lord Taverne-To ask Her
Majesty's Government whether they have any proposals to withdraw National
Health Service funding for homeopathy
Pharmacy APG – Health Minister Jane Kennedy to
discuss the new community pharmacy contractual framework
Tuesday 24th January
Adjournment Debate - Health services in Suffolk (Tim Yeo MP)
Westminster Hall Private Members' Debate - Graham Stringer MP on the structure of the NHS in northern Greater
Manchester
Westminster Hall Private Members' Debate - Mark Field MP on the future of St Bartholomew's Hospital
Westminster Hall Private Members' Debate – John
Penrose MP on referrals to addiction treatment
centres in Weston-super-Mare
DWP – Secretary of State John Hutton to unveil
the Government’s Welfare Reform proposals
Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt to launch the UK’s
first NHS commuter walk-in centres.
Wednesday 25th January
Ten Minute Rule Bill - Palliative Care for the Terminally Ill - Jim Dobbin MP
Westminster Hall Private Members' Debate - John Cummings MP on the future of Easington Primary Care Trust
Westminster Hall Private Members' Debate - Philip Dunne MP on Healthcare services in Shropshire
Thursday 26th January
Adjournment Debate - Counterfeit pharmaceuticals
(Charles Walker MP)
Westminster Hall Debate - debate on strengthening health services in developing countries
Health Select Committee - Evidence to be taken from
Rosie Winterton MP on The Ministerial
Responsibilities of the Minister of State for Health Services (including
Dentistry and Public Patient Involvement)
House of Lords – Debate on health and safety at
work, especially with regard to preventing deaths and accidents in the
workplace (Lord Harrison)
Public Accounts Committee – To publish a report
on the NHS cancer plan
Friday 27th January
The House will not be sitting.
Health and Social Care Information Centre –
Publishes data on general pharmaceutical services in England and Wales, 1994/95 – 2004/05
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This Past Week (16th – 20th
January)
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 (18th
January)
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton) – Palliative Care
Laura Moffatt (Crawley) – Heating for Pensioners
John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare) – Dentistry
Dr. Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest) – PCT reform
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Business of the House (19th January)
Mr. Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington, East)
(Lab) – Carbon Monoxide
Poisoning
Written Ministerial
Statements
Tuesday 17th January
Health and Social Care Information (PPP)
Wednesday 18th January
Foundation Trusts
Thursday 19th January
Ofcom Investigation
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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
A and E Services [17 Jan 2006]
Abortion [12 Jan 2006]
Abortion [16 Jan 2006]
Accident and Emergency Services [12 Jan 2006]
Acute Trusts [12 Jan 2006]
Administrative Costs [17 Jan 2006]
Alcohol Misuse [12 Jan 2006]
Alcohol Misuse [16 Jan 2006]
Alcohol-related Deaths [16 Jan 2006]
Alzheimer's Disease [16 Jan 2006]
Anti-retroviral Medicines [17 Jan 2006]
Anti-retroviral Medicines [18 Jan 2006]
Arrowe Park Hospital [17 Jan 2006]
Audiology Services [17 Jan 2006]
Avian Influenza [16 Jan 2006]
Avian Influenza [17 Jan 2006]
Avian Influenza [18 Jan 2006]
Aylesbury Vale PCT [16 Jan 2006]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
B
Birth Control [16 Jan 2006]
Birth Control [19 Jan 2006]
Breast Cancer [18 Jan 2006]
Bulimia/Anorexia [17 Jan 2006]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
C
Cancelled Operations (Devon) [16 Jan 2006]
Cancer [12 Jan 2006]
Cancer Treatment (GP Referrals) [18 Jan 2006]
Cannabis [16 Jan 2006]
Cannabis [16 Jan 2006]
Capio Healthcare UK [17 Jan 2006]
Care Homes [16 Jan 2006]
Carers [16 Jan 2006]
Carers Allowance [12 Jan 2006]
Carers Special Grant [17 Jan 2006]
Chelmsford PCT [17 Jan 2006]
Chemicals (Safety Investigations) [18 Jan 2006]
Child Care [16 Jan 2006]
Child Care [17 Jan 2006]
Child Health and Social Services [17 Jan 2006]
Christmas Cards [16 Jan 2006]
Civil Servants [12 Jan 2006]
Cocaine [16 Jan 2006]
Coeliac Disease [16 Jan 2006]
Consultants [12 Jan 2006]
Consultants [18 Jan 2006]
Correspondence [16 Jan 2006]
Cotswold and Vale PCT [16 Jan 2006]
Counsellors [17 Jan 2006]
Countess of Chester Foundation Hospital [16 Jan
2006]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
D
Dentistry [12 Jan 2006]
Dentistry [16 Jan 2006]
Dentistry [16 Jan 2006]
Dentistry [17 Jan 2006]
Dentistry [18 Jan 2006]
Departmental Assets [12 Jan 2006]
Departmental Correspondence [17 Jan 2006]
Departmental Expenditure [17 Jan 2006]
Departmental Funding [17 Jan 2006]
Departmental Jobs (Regional Distribution) [12
Jan 2006]
Diabetes [12 Jan 2006]
Diabetes [16 Jan 2006]
Disability [17 Jan 2006]
Disabled Children (School Holiday Support) [16
Jan 2006]
DNA Profiles [16 Jan 2006]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
E
Eastern Health Board [18 Jan 2006]
Electronic Patient Records [12 Jan 2006]
Emergency Calls [16 Jan 2006]
Emergency Contraception [12 Jan 2006]
Emergency Contraception [17 Jan 2006]
Equity Audits [16 Jan 2006]
Ethnicity Guidance [12 Jan 2006]
EU Directives [12 Jan 2006]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
F
Food Supplements Directive [12 Jan 2006]
Free Eye Tests [17 Jan 2006]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
G
General Ophthalmic Service [12 Jan 2006]
Gershon Review [12 Jan 2006]
Greater Peterborough Primary Care Partnership
Area [17 Jan 2006]
Group B Streptococcus Screening [17 Jan 2006]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
H
Havering Primary Care Trust [17 Jan 2006]
Health Boards (Agency Staff) [16 Jan 2006]
Health Committee Evidence [17 Jan 2006]
Health Services (West Lancashire) [17 Jan 2006]
Health Visiting Services [17 Jan 2006]
Health-related Benefit Claims [12 Jan 2006]
Healthy Living Centres [16 Jan 2006]
Healthy Schools [16 Jan 2006]
Hearing Services [16 Jan 2006]
Heroin Addicts [12 Jan 2006]
Hip Replacements [17 Jan 2006]
Hip Replacements [17 Jan 2006]
HIV/AIDS (Paediatric Care) [18 Jan 2006]
HIV/AIDS [12 Jan 2006]
HIV/AIDS [16 Jan 2006]
Hospices [12 Jan 2006]
Hospital Admissions [12 Jan 2006]
Hospital Beds [17 Jan 2006]
Hospital Facilities [12 Jan 2006]
Hospital Hygiene [12 Jan 2006]
Hospital Parking [16 Jan 2006]
Hospital-acquired Infection [12 Jan 2006]
Hospitals (Delayed Discharges) [16 Jan 2006]
Hypothermia [16 Jan 2006]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
I
Incapacity Benefit [12 Jan 2006]
Incapacity Benefit [17 Jan 2006]
Industrial Disease Compensation [12 Jan 2006]
Industrial Injuries Scheme [12 Jan 2006]
Infertility Treatment [17 Jan 2006]
Influenza [12 Jan 2006]
Influenza [17 Jan 2006]
Influenza Vaccinations [16 Jan 2006]
Isolation Units [12 Jan 2006]
IVF Treatment [16 Jan 2006]
IVF Treatment [18 Jan 2006]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
L
Lung Cancer (Doncaster and Barnsley) [16 Jan
2006]
Lymphoedema [17 Jan 2006]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
M
Macular Degeneration [17 Jan 2006]
Mal de Debarquement Syndrome [16 Jan 2006]
Maternity Centres [16 Jan 2006]
Media Monitoring [17 Jan 2006]
Medical Equipment (Supply Contracts) [12 Jan
2006]
Medical Facilities [16 Jan 2006]
Medical Staff (Attacks) [12 Jan 2006]
Medical Student Debts [18 Jan 2006]
Medical Students [17 Jan 2006]
Medical Treatment [17 Jan 2006]
Medicine [16 Jan 2006]
Mental Health [12 Jan 2006]
Mental Health [18 Jan 2006]
Mental Health [19 Jan 2006]
Misuse of Drugs Advisory Committee [17 Jan 2006]
Mobility Equipment [16 Jan 2006]
MRI Scans [16 Jan 2006]
MRSA [12 Jan 2006]
MRSA [18 Jan 2006]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
N
Nappies [17 Jan 2006]
National Health Service (Capital Investment) [18
Jan 2006]
New-born Children (Low Birth Weight) [16 Jan
2006]
NHS Central Registration System [17 Jan 2006]
NHS Finance [12 Jan 2006]
NHS Finance [16 Jan 2006]
NHS Finance Data [18 Jan 2006]
NHS Gift Card Scheme [17 Jan 2006]
NHS Interpreting Service [12 Jan 2006]
NHS Loans [12 Jan 2006]
NHS Rationing (BMJ Correspondence) [16 Jan 2006]
NHS Staff (Overseas Recruitment) [16 Jan 2006]
NHS Staff Costs [12 Jan 2006]
NHS Tariff Uplift [17 Jan 2006]
NHS Trusts [12 Jan 2006]
NICE Guidance [12 Jan 2006]
NICE Guidance [17 Jan 2006]
Non-emergency Operations [16 Jan 2006]
Nurses [12 Jan 2006]
Nurses [17 Jan 2006]
Nursing and Midwifery Council [17 Jan 2006]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
O
Obesity [12 Jan 2006]
Obesity [16 Jan 2006]
Osteoporosis [17 Jan 2006]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
P
Pandemic Influenza [12 Jan 2006]
Paymaster [16 Jan 2006]
Payment-by-results [17 Jan 2006]
Penserver Software [12 Jan 2006]
Pesticide Residue [17 Jan 2006]
Pesticides [16 Jan 2006]
Physical Education [16 Jan 2006]
Podiatry Provision (Gray Report) [16 Jan 2006]
Polio [16 Jan 2006]
Pregnancy and Maternity [12 Jan 2006]
Premature Deaths [16 Jan 2006]
Prescribing Practice (Budget Overruns) [17 Jan
2006]
Pre-term Labour [16 Jan 2006]
Primary Care Staff [16 Jan 2006]
Primary Care Trust (Resource Allocation) [12 Jan
2006]
Primary Care Trusts [17 Jan 2006]
Primary Eye Care [12 Jan 2006]
Private Finance Initiative [18 Jan 2006]
Prostate Cancer [12 Jan 2006]
Psychology [17 Jan 2006]
Public Appointments [12 Jan 2006]
Purified Protein Derivative [12 Jan 2006]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
R
Respiratory Syncytial Virus [17 Jan 2006]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
S
Scanning Services [17 Jan 2006]
School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme [17 Jan 2006]
School Nursing/Health Visiting [16 Jan 2006]
Sexual Health [16 Jan 2006]
Shellfish Toxins (Use of Animals) [17 Jan 2006]
Sick Leave [17 Jan 2006]
Sick Leave [18 Jan 2006]
Skipton House Refit [12 Jan 2006]
Smallpox Vaccination [12 Jan 2006]
Smoking [16 Jan 2006]
Smoking [17 Jan 2006]
Smoking [18 Jan 2006]
Social Services [16 Jan 2006]
Sorafenib [16 Jan 2006]
Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust [17 Jan 2006]
Strategic Health Authorities [17 Jan 2006]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
T
Therapy Providers [17 Jan 2006]
Thrombosis [18 Jan 2006]
Tobacco Control Alliance [17 Jan 2006]
Tuberculosis [12 Jan 2006]
Tuberculosis [17 Jan 2006]
Tuberculosis Test [16 Jan 2006]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
U
Under-age Drinking [16 Jan 2006]
Under-age Tobacco Sales [16 Jan 2006]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
W
Waiting Lists/Times [16 Jan 2006]
Waiting Times [12 Jan 2006]
Waiting Times [17 Jan 2006]
Winter Deaths [16 Jan 2006]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
Y
Yorkshire Wolds and Coast PCT [16 Jan 2006]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
The
Committee Corridor
Health Committee
Thursday 19th January
The committee has published its report of written
evidence on NHS Charges. This
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