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Major Developments (19th – 23rd
June)
Public Accounts Committee Inquiry
– The NHS IT Programme
Ian Carruthers OBE, acting NHS Chief Executive, and
Richard Granger, Chief Executive of Connecting for Health, are among those
giving evidence today (Monday 26th June) to the Public Accounts Select
Committee inquiry into the National Programme for IT in the NHS. On Wednesday 28th June Mr Granger is speaking at an
APHG meeting on the NHS IT programme. Click here to read
more.
Health questions asked in Parliament
The Secretary of State for Health answered health
questions in parliament on Tuesday 20th June. Areas of debate included
National performance targets, childhood obesity and end-of-life care. Click here to read more.
Health Bill debated in Lords
The Health Bill was debated in the House of Lords on
Monday 19th June. The debate focused on the banning of smoking in public
places. Click here
to read more.
New Director General for social care
David Behan is to join the Department of Health as the new Director
General for Social Care. This is a new Board level appointment to lead and
champion improvements in social care. He is currently Chief Inspector at the
Commission for Social Care Inspection. Click here to read more.
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The Week Ahead (26th – 30th
June)
Monday 26th June
House of Lords: Health Bill—Further
consideration on Report [The Lord Warner]
House of Commons: Public Accounts Select Committee:
Inquiry into the National Programme for IT in the NHS: Evidence Session: To
give evidence: Sir Ian Carruthers OBE, acting NHS
Chief Executive; Richard Jeavons, NHS Director of IT Service Implementation;
Richard Granger, Chief Executive, Connecting for Health; and John Bacon,
Senior Responsible Officer for the NHS National Programme for IT.
Tuesday 27th June
House of Commons: At the
end of the sitting: Adjournment: Alison Seabeck MP: Alcohol services in Plymouth.
Westminster Hall: Subject
proposed to be raised on the Motion for the Adjournment: Philip Hollobone MP: Jeanette Crizzle and bone marrow donation.
Wednesday 28th June
APHG briefing: The NHS IT Programme:
An update. Speaker:
Richard Granger, Chief Executive, Connecting for Health; Panel: Professor Sir
Cyril Chantler, Chair, King’s Fund; Chair: Sandra Gidley MP
Westminster Hall: Subject
proposed to be raised on the Motion for the Adjournment: Dr Howard Stoate MP: Men’s health.
Westminster Hall: Subject
proposed to be raised on the Motion for the Adjournment: John Leech MP:
Availability of dental appliances under the new dentistry contract.
House of Lords: The Lord Walton of
Detchant—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will review
the new regulation under which non-European Union nationals, who have trained
in and graduated from United Kingdom medical schools, will be required, after
a two-year postgraduate foundation appointment, to have a work permit before
embarking on further postgraduate training in the United Kingdom.
House of Lords: Recovery of Health
Services Charges (Northern Ireland) Order 2006—The Lord Rooker to move,
That the draft Order laid before the House on 24th May be approved. [Considered in Grand Committee on 19th June]
House of Commons: Health Select Committee: Inquiry
into Independent Sector Treatment Centres: Evidence Session: To give
evidence: Ken Anderson, Commercial Director, Department of
Health.
Thursday 29th June
Westminster Hall: Debate
on the Report from the Health Committee on changes to primary care trusts.
House of Commons: Health Select Committee: Inquiry
into Workforce Planning: Evidence Session: To give evidence: Professor
David Gordon, Council of Heads of Medical Schools; Paul Streets, PMETB; Professor
Elizabeth Paice, Conference of Postgraduate Medical Deaneries; Bernard
Ribeiro, Royal College of Surgeons; Professor Tony Butterworth, University of
Lincoln; Professor Dame Jill Macleod Clark, Council of Deans of UK Faculties
for Nursing and Health Professions; Professor Sir Andrew Haines, Universities
UK; Professor Selena Gray, Faculty of Public Health; Paul Holmes, Kingston
PCT; Dr David McKinlay, Northwest Deanery; Dr Tony Mathie, Royal College of
General Practitioners.
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This Past Week (19th – 23rd
June)
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 (20th June)
National Performance Targets
Anticholinesterase Drugs
Obese Children
Alternative Medicine
Gloucestershire Strategic Health Authority
End-of-life Care
Kensington and Chelsea Primary Care Trust
Eye Examinations (Children)
Pennine Acute Hospital Trust
Health Trainers
Nurses (Gateshead, East and Washington, West)
New Pharmacies
School Record Keeping
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Questions to the Prime Minister (21st June)
Nia Griffith (Llanelli) – Mesothelioma sufferers
Michael Clapham (Barnsley, West and Penistone) – Mesothelioma sufferers
Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby) – The privatisation by stealth of the NHS
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Business of the House (22nd
June)
John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings) – Abortion
Bob Russell (Colchester) – Private Finance Initiative (the Colchester
general hospital PFI scheme)
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Westminster Hall Debates
There were no health debates in Westminster Hall this week.
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Written Ministerial Statements
Wednesday 21st June
Food Standards Agency
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Friday 16th June
Pharmaceutical labelling (warning of cognitive
function impairment) Bill
Food supplements (European communities Act 1972
disapplication) Bill
Tuesday 20th June
Westmorland General Hospital
Wednesday 21st June
Seroxat
Thursday 22nd June
Health Services (Oxfordshire)
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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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Abortion [19 June 2006]
Abortion [20 June 2006]
Abortion [20 June 2006]
Abortion [21 June 2006]
Abortion [22 June 2006]
Abortions [16 June 2006]
Accident Costs (Recoupment) [21 June
2006]
Acute Care Beds [21 June 2006]
Addiction Treatment and
Rehabilitation [16 June 2006]
Adult Mental Health Services (Milton
Keynes) [22 June 2006]
Age Adjustment Percentage [16 June
2006]
Alcohol Dependency [22 June 2006]
Alcohol Misuse and Enforcement
Campaign [20 June 2006]
Asthma [20 June 2006]
Audiologists [21 June 2006]
Audiology [16 June 2006]
Audiology [19 June 2006]
Audiology [20 June 2006]
Autism [20 June 2006]
Autism [21 June 2006]
Autism [22 June 2006]
Avastin [22 June 2006]
Avian Influenza [20 June 2006]
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B
Bebington and West Wirral Primary
Care Trust [22 June 2006]
Biological Diversity [16 June 2006]
Birth/Abortion Statistics [20 June
2006]
Botox Syringes [22 June 2006]
Breast Cancer [21 June 2006]
Breast Cancer [22 June 2006]
Breast Cancer Treatment [20 June
2006]
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C
Cancer [21 June 2006]
Cancer [22 June 2006]
Cancer/Leukaemia [21 June 2006]
Cannabis [20 June 2006]
Care Homes [16 June 2006]
Care Homes [20 June 2006]
Care in the Community [20 June 2006]
Care Proposals [16 June 2006]
Care UK [22 June 2006]
Carer's Allowance [16 June 2006]
Carers' Grant [20 June 2006]
Carter Report [20 June 2006]
Cattle [16 June 2006]
Causes of Death [22 June 2006]
Child Obesity [21 June 2006]
Childhood Cocaine Addiction [16 June
2006]
Childhood Eating Patterns [16 June
2006]
Childhood Immunisation [16 June 2006]
Childhood Obesity [16 June 2006]
Childhood Obesity [21 June 2006]
Children's Health Services [20 June
2006]
Children's Hospices [16 June 2006]
Chlamydia [16 June 2006]
Choose and Book System
(Gloucestershire) [22 June 2006]
Clinical Negligence [16 June 2006]
Commission for Patient and Public
Involvement in Health [19 June 2006]
Community Hospitals [16 June 2006]
Community Hospitals [20 June 2006]
Complementary Medicine [16 June 2006]
Computer Sciences Corporation [16
June 2006]
Connecting for Health [16 June 2006]
Consultants Clinics [22 June 2006]
Contraception [21 June 2006]
Correspondence [16 June 2006]
Cottage Hospitals [20 June 2006]
Cystic Fibrosis [16 June 2006]
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D
Debt Collectors [20 June 2006]
Dentistry [16 June 2006]
Dentistry [20 June 2006]
Dentistry [22 June 2006]
Departmental Chief Accounting Officer
[20 June 2006]
Departmental Publications [21 June
2006]
Departmental Staff [20 June 2006]
Dermatology [21 June 2006]
Detailed Care Record [16 June 2006]
Diabetes [19 June 2006]
Diabetes [21 June 2006]
Diamorphine [22 June 2006]
Disability Access [20 June 2006]
Disability Living Allowance [16 June
2006]
Domiciliary Care Workers [20 June
2006]
Drug Addiction [16 June 2006]
Drug Deaths [21 June 2006]
Drug Intervention Programme [20 June
2006]
Drug Quotas [20 June 2006]
Drug Tariff [16 June 2006]
Drug Trials [20 June 2006]
Drugs [20 June 2006]
Drugs [22 June 2006]
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E
Ear Piercing [22 June 2006]
Eileen Trust [16 June 2006]
Elderly Mentally Ill Provision [21
June 2006]
Electronic Health Records [16 June
2006]
Emergency Contraception [16 June
2006]
Emergency Doctor Service [21 June
2006]
Epilepsy [21 June 2006]
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Food Broker Businesses [22 June 2006]
Food Poisoning [16 June 2006]
Food Promotion [20 June 2006]
Food Supplements Directive [16 June
2006]
Foster Review [16 June 2006]
Foster Review [21 June 2006]
Free Fruit [16 June 2006]
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G
General Practitioners [21 June 2006]
Genito-Urinary Services [19 June
2006]
Gershon Review [20 June 2006]
GMC's Complaints Mechanism [16 June
2006]
GPs (Bolton, South-East) [20 June
2006]
Graduate Unemployment [20 June 2006]
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H
Haemophilia [19 June 2006]
Haemophiliacs [16 June 2006]
Head Injuries [20 June 2006]
Health and Safety [22 June 2006]
Health and Social Care Act [21 June
2006]
Health Care (Stroud) [16 June 2006]
Health Care Regulation [21 June 2006]
Health Professional Council/General
Osteopathic Council (Funding) [20 June 2006]
Health Professions Council [16 June
2006]
Health Service Circular 1999/176 [22
June 2006]
Health Service Statistics [19 June
2006]
Health Services (Gloucestershire) [19
June 2006]
Health Treatment Centres [20 June
2006]
Health Trusts (Hampshire) [16 June
2006]
Healthcare Commission [22 June 2006]
Healthy Living Centres [16 June 2006]
Hepatitis C [16 June 2006]
Hepatitis C [22 June 2006]
High Voltage Transmission Lines [16
June 2006]
Home Computing Initiative [16 June
2006]
Honeybourne Centre [19 June 2006]
Hospital Beds [21 June 2006]
Hospital Building Projects (London)
[16 June 2006]
Hospital Cleanliness (West Midlands)
[20 June 2006]
Hospital Closures [20 June 2006]
Hospital Procedures (Costs) [22 June
2006]
Hospital Treatment [20 June 2006]
Hospital Treatment [21 June 2006]
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Incapacity Benefit [16 June 2006]
Indoor Pollution [16 June 2006]
Influenza [21 June 2006]
Influenza [22 June 2006]
Information Technology [16 June 2006]
Information Technology [20 June 2006]
Insulin [22 June 2006]
Insulins [16 June 2006]
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K
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L
Liverpool City Council [16 June 2006]
Local Improvement Finance Trust
Schemes [16 June 2006]
London Hospitals [20 June 2006]
Long-Term Care [19 June 2006]
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M
Management Consultancy [16 June 2006]
Management Consultants [21 June 2006]
Maternity Units [16 June 2006]
Maternity Units [20 June 2006]
Measles [20 June 2006]
Medical Assessments [20 June 2006]
Medical Treatment (Under-16s) [16
June 2006]
Medical Treatment (Under-16s) [22
June 2006]
Mental Health [16 June 2006]
Mental Health [16 June 2006]
Mental Health [21 June 2006]
Mental Health [22 June 2006]
Mental Health Services [20 June 2006]
Mental Health/Learning Disabilities
[20 June 2006]
Mentally Ill Prisoners [20 June 2006]
Merton and Sutton Better Healthcare
Closer to Home Programme [22 June 2006]
Mesothelioma [22 June 2006]
Ministerial Visits (Accommodation)
[20 June 2006]
Multiple Sclerosis [16 June 2006]
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National Blood Service [16 June 2006]
National Blood Service [20 June 2006]
National Centre for Media and Health
[16 June 2006]
National Health Service Reform and
Health Care Professions Act [16 June 2006]
National Programme for Information
Technology [16 June 2006]
National Programme for Information
Technology [20 June 2006]
National Recruitment and Retention
Premium [21 June 2006]
NHS Care Records Service [16 June
2006]
NHS Deficits [22 June 2006]
NHS Direct [16 June 2006]
NHS Direct [21 June 2006]
NHS Drug Budget [21 June 2006]
NHS Employment [22 June 2006]
NHS Facilities [21 June 2006]
NHS Finance [16 June 2006]
NHS Finance [19 June 2006]
NHS Finance [20 June 2006]
NHS Finance [21 June 2006]
NHS Funding [22 June 2006]
NHS IT Programme [16 June 2006]
NHS IT Programme [21 June 2006]
NHS IT Programme [22 June 2006]
NHS IT Support [21 June 2006]
NHS Pension Scheme [21 June 2006]
NHS Performance [16 June 2006]
NHS Performance [21 June 2006]
NHS Projects [16 June 2006]
NHS Staff [21 June 2006]
NHS Treatment [20 June 2006]
NHS Trust Finances [21 June 2006]
NHS Trust Savings [22 June 2006]
Non-life Threatening Conditions [20
June 2006]
Nutrient Profiling [22 June 2006]
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