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Major Developments (22nd – 26th
May)
Traditional GP services contracted out
in London
The NHS has signed the first Government-brokered deal allowing a
private company to run traditional GP services. Care UK, a company specialising in the
delivery of community and primary care, will run a 7,000-patient GP practice
and 100-patient-per-day walk-in centre under a contract with Barking and
Dagenham PCT. Click here to read more.
To view evidence from the Public Accounts Committee inquiry
into out-of-hours care, click here.
Membership of expert group to investigate
clinical trials announced
The membership of an Expert Group to investigate clinical trials to
the House of Commons has been announced. The Group is an independent
scientific committee that will determine its own work programme. Click here to read more.
Patient survey into hospital care published
The Healthcare Commission has published the national and individual
trust results of the survey of patients who stay overnight in hospital.
Levels of satisfaction with the overall standard of care were generally high.
Standards of care on wards, information and cleanliness were areas marked out
for improvement. Click here to read more.
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The Week Ahead (5th – 9th
June)
Parliament is in recess until Monday 5th
June
Monday 5th June
House
of Lords: Report of the Science and Technology Committee on Ageing:
Scientific Aspects (First Report, HL Paper 20)—Consideration
in Grand Committee [The Lord Sutherland of Houndwood]
House of Commons: NHS Redress
Bill [HL] - Second reading
House of Commons: Public Accounts Select Committee:
An evidence session for the inquiry into the Paddington
Health Campus scheme will be held: Evidence to be heard from: Hugh
Taylor CB, Department of Health; Julian Nettel, St Mary's NHS Trust; Bob Bell,
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust; Dr Gareth Goodier, North West London
Strategic Health Authority; and Jack Pringle, Royal Institute of British
Architects.
Wednesday 7th June
House of Commons: At the end of the sitting: Adjournment: Willie
Rennie MP: Asthma services.
House of Commons: Science and Technology Select
Committee: Inquiry into Scientific advice
risk and evidence: how Government handles them: Evidence to be
heard from: Chief Scientific Advisers from the Home Office, Dept for
International Development and Dept for Transport; and the Head of Government
Economic Services.
APHG Seminar: Managing the risk of
cardiovascular disease. Speakers: Professor Roger
Boyle, DH National Director for Heart Disease; Professor David Wood, Imperial
College; Dr Foster Ltd; and Professor David Haslam, National Clinical
Advisor, Healthcare Commission. Chair: Dr Richard Taylor MP.
Thursday 8th June
House of Commons: At the end of the sitting: Adjournment: David
Winnick MP: Contract for building work at the NHS
Manor Hospital,
Walsall.
House of Commons: Health Select Committee: The third
evidence session on Workforce Planning will
take place. Evidence to be heard from: The British Medical
Association; UNISON; NHS Employers; Professor Dame Carol Black, President,
Royal College of Physicians; George Blair, Managing Consultant, Shared
Solutions; Mark Britnell, CEO, University Hospitals Birmingham; and Dr Karen
Bloor, University
of York.
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This Past Week (22nd – 26th
May)
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 (24th May)
Mr. Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow) – Asbestos related cancers
Mr. Tim Yeo (South Suffolk) – The threatened closure of community hospitals
John Bercow (Buckingham) – The Nuffield Speech and Language Unit
Mr. Mark Harper (Forest of Dean) - The threatened closure of community hospitals
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Business of the House (25th
May)
Mrs. Theresa May (Maidenhead) – Herceptin and the White Paper on community health
services.
Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome) – The threat to drugs rehabilitation funding
Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) – NHS waiting lists
Mrs. Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead, East and
Washington, West) – Allowing
the use of mobile phones in hospitals
Anne Moffat (East Lothian) – Smoking in the Houses of Parliament
Mrs. Maria Miller (Basingstoke) – Community health services
Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) – Funding for the hospice movement
Dr. Brian Iddon (Bolton, South-East) – Hepatitis C
Dr. Evan Harris (Oxford, West and Abingdon) – NHS job losses
Dr. Julian Lewis (New Forest, East) – The closure of the emergency centre at the Maudsley Hospital
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Westminster Hall Debates
Tuesday 23rd May
Cancer Care (Herefordshire)
Medical Research (Animals)
Wednesday 24th May
Nursing
Community Hospitals
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Written Ministerial Statements
Tuesday 23rd May
Over-the-Counter Medicines Initiative
Wednesday 24th May
Legal Services (Regulation)
Thursday 25th May
MHRA (Suspension of a Phase 1 Clinical Trial)
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Thursday 25th May
Health Services (Gloucestershire)
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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 [23 May 2006]
Abortions [22 May 2006]
Abuse by Health Staff [22 May 2006]
Accident and Emergency Services [22
May 2006]
Advertising [22 May 2006]
Alcohol-related Conditions [22 May
2006]
Allergy UK [25 May 2006]
Alzheimer's Disease [24 May 2006]
Anti-depressants [23 May 2006]
Asbestos-related Cancer [23 May 2006]
Asbestos-related Cancer [24 May 2006]
Asbestos-related Deaths [22 May 2006]
Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill
Bill [25 May 2006]
Audiology Services [25 May 2006]
Autism [22 May 2006]
Autism [24 May 2006]
Avian Influenza [22 May 2006]
Avian Influenza [22 May 2006]
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B
BCG Vaccination [22 May 2006]
Bedford Hospital NHS Trust [23 May
2006]
Blood Samples [22 May 2006]
Bone Marrow Donation [24 May 2006]
Bournemouth Primary Care Trust [22
May 2006]
Breast Cancer (Shrewsbury and Atcham)
[24 May 2006]
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Cancelled Appointments [24 May 2006]
Cancer [22 May 2006]
Cancer Plan [22 May 2006]
Capita [25 May 2006]
Care Homes [22 May 2006]
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Service [24 May 2006]
Child Care [22 May 2006]
Children's Wards [24 May 2006]
Choose and Book System [22 May 2006]
Choose and Book System [23 May 2006]
Choose and Book System [25 May 2006]
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
[22 May 2006]
Coeliac Disease [22 May 2006]
Coeliac Disease [23 May 2006]
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy [25 May
2006]
Combined Contraceptive Pill [22 May
2006]
Commission for Social Care Inspection
[24 May 2006]
Connecting for Health [23 May 2006]
Connecting for Health Computer System
[24 May 2006]
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Dentistry [22 May 2006]
Dentistry [23 May 2006]
Departmental Budget [25 May 2006]
Departmental Responsibilities [24 May
2006]
Departmental Staff [22 May 2006]
Departmental Staff [25 May 2006]
Destroyed Documents (Blood Products)
[23 May 2006]
Diagnostic Scans [22 May 2006]
Disability Access [25 May 2006]
Disability Benefits [25 May 2006]
Disabled People (Assessments) [24 May
2006]
Disabled People [23 May 2006]
Doctors [22 May 2006]
Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin [23
May 2006]
Drug or Alcohol Rehabilitation
Courses [22 May 2006]
Drug Treatment [25 May 2006]
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Elderly Mental Infirm Patients [24
May 2006]
Electricity Cables [22 May 2006]
Electromagnetic Fields [23 May 2006]
Emergency Contraception [22 May 2006]
Emergency Contraception [23 May 2006]
Evidence-based Information [22 May 2006]
Ex-service Personnel [24 May 2006]
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Food Businesses (EU Accreditation)
[23 May 2006]
Foster Review [22 May 2006]
Funding (Northamptonshire) [22 May
2006]
Funding (Northamptonshire) [23 May
2006]
Funding (Northamptonshire) [25 May
2006]
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G
General Practitioners [24 May 2006]
Genito-Urinary Care [22 May 2006]
Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria [23 May 2006]
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H
Health and Safety [25 May 2006]
Health Care Products [23 May 2006]
Health Improvement Workforce Steering
Group [22 May 2006]
Health Promotion Campaigns [22 May
2006]
Health Protection Agency [22 May
2006]
Health Services (Essex) [23 May 2006]
Healthy Eating [22 May 2006]
Healthy Start Programme [22 May 2006]
HIV/AIDS (UK Citizens) [22 May 2006]
Hospital Appointments [24 May 2006]
Hospital Bed Days [25 May 2006]
Hospitals (Lancashire) [23 May 2006]
Hospitals [25 May 2006]
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Incapacity Benefit [22 May 2006]
Incapacity Benefit [23 May 2006]
Incapacity Benefit [24 May 2006]
Independent Treatment Centres [24 May
2006]
Infant Mortality [25 May 2006]
Information Technology [25 May 2006]
Insulin [22 May 2006]
Insulin [23 May 2006]
Intensive Care [23 May 2006]
IT Reviews [24 May 2006]
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J
Junior Doctors [24 May 2006]
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L
Leisure Centres (Food/Drink Sales)
[22 May 2006]
Long-term (Neurological) Conditions
Framework [24 May 2006]
Long-term Care [24 May 2006]
Lung Cancer [22 May 2006]
Lupus [22 May 2006]
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Maternal Health [22 May 2006]
Maternity Care [23 May 2006]
Maternity Services [22 May 2006]
Maternity Services [25 May 2006]
ME [22 May 2006]
Medical Practitioners [22 May 2006]
Mental Health [22 May 2006]
Mental Illness [22 May 2006]
Mersey Care NHS Trust [22 May 2006]
Mesothelioma [22 May 2006]
Midwifery [24 May 2006]
Midwives [23 May 2006]
Migraine [25 May 2006]
Ministerial Visits [25 May 2006]
MMR Vaccination [23 May 2006]
Mortality Statistics [22 May 2006]
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Care [24
May 2006]
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National Health Service [22 May 2006]
National Patient Record Spine [22 May
2006]
National Programme for IT [24 May
2006]
Neo-natal Nursing [25 May 2006]
Neonatal Units (London) [24 May 2006]
Neurology [24 May 2006]
NeuroMuscular Centre [24 May 2006]
NHS (Future Demand) [23 May 2006]
NHS Appointments Commission [25 May
2006]
NHS Direct [22 May 2006]
NHS Finance [22 May 2006]
NHS Finance [23 May 2006]
NHS Finances [25 May 2006]
NHS Hospital Trusts [23 May 2006]
NHS IT Programme [23 May 2006]
NHS Logistics [22 May 2006]
NHS Staff (Attacks) [22 May 2006]
NHS Staff Turnover [22 May 2006]
NHS Supplies Market [25 May 2006]
NHS Treatment (Scottish Residents)
[25 May 2006]
NHS Work Force [22 May 2006]
Non-emergency Treatment [24 May 2006]
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire
Strategic Health Authority [22 May 2006]
Northamptonshire Heartlands PCT [22
May 2006]
Nursing (Thames Valley) [23 May 2006]
Nursing [22 May 2006]
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Obesity [22 May 2006]
Obesity [23 May 2006]
Older People's Care [22 May 2006]
Orthodontic Services [23 May 2006]
Osteoporosis [24 May 2006]
Over the Counter Medicines Initiative
[25 May 2006]
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust [24
May 2006]
Oxycodone Hydrochloride [25 May 2006]
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P
Packaged Food [22 May 2006]
Paediatric Specialists [23 May 2006]
Parliamentary Questions [24 May 2006]
Patient Pathway Target [25 May 2006]
Patient/Public Involvement [22 May
2006]
Perfluorooctane Sulphonate [22 May
2006]
Petitions [24 May 2006]
Physiotherapy [22 May 2006]
Physiotherapy [23 May 2006]
Portland PR [24 May 2006]
Power Lines (Advisory Group Report)
[22 May 2006]
Pre-registration Nursing Courses [22
May 2006]
Primary Care Trusts [22 May 2006]
Primary Care Trusts [23 May 2006]
Primary Care Trusts [25 May 2006]
Priory Clinic Group [25 May 2006]
Private Finance Initiative [25 May
2006]
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Referral Management Schemes [23 May
2006]
Restrictive Interventions [23 May
2006]
Runaway Children [25 May 2006]
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S
Sandwell and West Birmingham Acute
Trust [23 May 2006]
School Nurses [22 May 2006]
School Nurses [23 May 2006]
Section 64 Grants [24 May 2006]
Section 64 Grants [25 May 2006]
Self-harm [24 May 2006]
Sexual Health [22 May 2006]
Sexual Health [25 May 2006]
Sickness Absence [24 May 2006]
Spinal Injuries [24 May 2006]
Student Nurses [24 May 2006]
Suicidality [22 May 2006]
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T
TB [22 May 2006]
TB [23 May 2006]
Teenage Pregnancies [22 May 2006]
Terminal Illness [22 May 2006]
Third Sector Funding [24 May 2006]
Trans Fatty Acids [22 May 2006]
Type 2 Diabetes [23 May 2006]
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Uttlesford Primary Care Trust [22 May
2006]
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