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Major Developments (26th – 30th
June)
The NHS IT programme questioned in Parliament
The NHS IT programme was high on the health agenda in
Parliament this week. Evidence was heard for the Public Accounts Committee
inquiry into the programme before Richard Bacon MP raised the issue in Prime Minister’s Questions. On Wednesday morning
Richard Granger, Chief Executive of NHS Connecting for Health, addressed MPs
in an APHG meeting on the subject. Click here to read about past APHG events.
Hewitt denies NHS privatisation
claims
The Secretary of State for Health has denied claims
that the Government is seeking to ‘privatise’ the NHS after
newspapers reported that the Department of Health had advertised for private
health companies to apply for a wide range of roles in the control and running
of PCTs. Click here to read more.
Healthcare Commission calls for
action on chronic lung conditions
Following the publication of a national study of Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease, the Healthcare Commission has called for action to improve
neglected services for people suffering from chronic lung conditions. Click here to read more.
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The Week Ahead (3rd – 7th
July)
Monday 3rd July
House of Commons: Debate on human reproductive
technologies.
Tuesday 4th July
House of Commons: Public Accounts Committee: Publication
of Report: NHS Local Improvement Finance Trusts
Wednesday 5th July
House of Commons: At the
end of the sitting: Adjournment: Helen Goodman MP: Rural ambulance services
in County Durham.
Westminster Hall: Subject
proposed to be raised on the Motion for the Adjournment: Diana R. Johnson MP: School meals and childhood obesity.
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This Past Week (26th – 30th
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
There were no health questions this week.
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Questions to the
Prime Minister (28th June)
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire) – Motor neurone disease
Annette Brooke (Mid-Dorset and North Poole) – Therapeutic services for children who suffer sexual abuse
Richard Bacon (South Norfolk) – The NHS IT programme
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) – Health service cuts in Cheltenham
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Business of the House (29th
June)
Mrs. Theresa May (Maidenhead) – NHS job cuts
Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome) – Community health service closures
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) – Hospital closure in Hemel Hempstead
Mark Hunter (Cheadle) – Audiology services
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Westminster Hall Debates
Tuesday 27th June
Jeanette Crizzle
Wednesday 28th June
Men’s Health
Dentistry
Thursday 29th June
Primary Care Trusts
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Written Ministerial Statements
Thursday 19th June
Informal Meeting of EU Health Ministers
European Court of Human Rights (Bournewood
Judgment)
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Tuesday 27th June
Chippenham Hospital
Alcohol Services (Plymouth)
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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 Waiting Times [27 June 2006]
Abortion [26 June 2006]
Abortion [29 June 2006]
Adverse Drug Reactions [26 June 2006]
Advisory Committee on Resource
Allocation [29 June 2006]
Aircraft Trails [28 June 2006]
Alcohol Treatment Services [26 June
2006]
Alternative Medicine [26 June 2006]
Alzheimer's Disease [27 June 2006]
Ambulance Service [28 June 2006]
Asthma [27 June 2006]
Audiology [26 June 2006]
Audiology [27 June 2006]
Audiology Services [28 June 2006]
Audiology Services [29 June 2006]
Audit Commission Act [29 June 2006]
Autism [27 June 2006]
Autism [27 June 2006]
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Strategic Health Authority [27 June 2006]
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Strategic Health Authority [28 June 2006]
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Strategic Health Authority [29 June 2006]
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B
Bowel Cancer [26 June 2006]
Bowel Cancer [29 June 2006]
Breast Cancer [29 June 2006]
Breast Cancer [29 June 2006]
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C
Cancer Drugs [26 June 2006]
Cancer Nurses [26 June 2006]
Capital Investment [26 June 2006]
Carbon Dioxide Emissions [28 June
2006]
Care Homes [29 June 2006]
Carer's Allowance [28 June 2006]
Cervical Cancer [26 June 2006]
Child and Adolescence Mental Health
Services [27 June 2006]
Child Malnutrition [29 June 2006]
Child Sexual Abuse [26 June 2006]
Children's Hospices [26 June 2006]
Chiropody/Podiatry Treatment [26 June
2006]
Choose and Book [27 June 2006]
Colchester General Hospital [26 June
2006]
Community Hospitals [26 June 2006]
Continuing Care [27 June 2006]
Continuing NHS Health Care [26 June
2006]
Contracts (Termination Clauses) [29
June 2006]
Correspondence [26 June 2006]
Cost of Care Analysis [27 June 2006]
Cost-benefit Analysis [28 June 2006]
Criminal Offences [26 June 2006]
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D
Deafblind People (Care Services) [29
June 2006]
Death Certificates [29 June 2006]
Death Statistics [28 June 2006]
Death Statistics [29 June 2006]
Dementia (Residential Care) [27 June
2006]
Dental Services [27 June 2006]
Dentistry [26 June 2006]
Dentistry [29 June 2006]
Departmental Staff [26 June 2006]
Departmental Staff [27 June 2006]
Dermatology [29 June 2006]
Diagnostic Treatment (Independent
Sector) [27 June 2006]
Drug Tariffs [26 June 2006]
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E
European Health Insurance Cards [29
June 2006]
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F
Flag Flying [26 June 2006]
Food Supplements [29 June 2006]
Foreign Travel [26 June 2006]
Foundation Trusts [27 June 2006]
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G
Gastric Bypass Surgery [27 June 2006]
General Practitioners (Romford) [27
June 2006]
General Practitioners [26 June 2006]
Genetic Testing [27 June 2006]
Gloucestershire, Avon and Wiltshire
SHA [28 June 2006]
GP Vocational Training Scheme [29
June 2006]
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H
Health Care (Stroud) [28 June 2006]
Health Care Support Workers [29 June
2006]
Health Service Commissioning [27 June
2006]
Health Services (Surrey and Sussex)
[27 June 2006]
Health Treatment Centres [26 June
2006]
Health Trusts (Gloucestershire) [29
June 2006]
Health Trusts [27 June 2006]
Health Trusts [28 June 2006]
Healthcare Facility (Oldchurch Park,
Romford) [27 June 2006]
Healthcare Facility (Oldchurch Park,
Romford) [28 June 2006]
Hearing Aid Council (Amendment) Act
[28 June 2006]
HIV/AIDS [27 June 2006]
HIV/AIDS [29 June 2006]
Hospital Building [27 June 2006]
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I
Illegal Immigrants [26 June 2006]
Incapacity Benefit [26 June 2006]
Independent Sector Treatment Centres
[26 June 2006]
Independent Sector Treatment Centres
[27 June 2006]
Insulin [29 June 2006]
Intermediate Care [27 June 2006]
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J
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K
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L
Laundry Services [27 June 2006]
Legislation [28 June 2006]
Lung Cancer [29 June 2006]
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M
Macugen [28 June 2006]
Mantoux Skin Test [28 June 2006]
Maternity Services [29 June 2006]
Maternity Units [28 June 2006]
Medical Assessments [28 June 2006]
Medical Students [27 June 2006]
Medical Students [29 June 2006]
Medical Training [29 June 2006]
Mental Health [26 June 2006]
Mental Health [26 June 2006]
Mental Health Services [29 June 2006]
Mesothelioma [29 June 2006]
Ministerial Meetings [27 June 2006]
Ministerial Meetings [28 June 2006]
Ministerial Visits (Accommodation)
[27 June 2006]
Ministerial Visits [26 June 2006]
MMR Vaccine [29 June 2006]
Models of Care for Alcohol Misusers
Framework [26 June 2006]
MS Treatment [29 June 2006]
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N
Nappies [29 June 2006]
National Beds Inquiry [26 June 2006]
National Programme for Information
Technology [27 June 2006]
National Radiotherapy Advisory Group
[26 June 2006]
NHS Connecting for Health Computer
System [26 June 2006]
NHS Direct [26 June 2006]
NHS Facilities [27 June 2006]
NHS Funding [26 June 2006]
NHS Information Technology [26 June
2006]
NHS IT Programme [26 June 2006]
NHS IT Support [27 June 2006]
NHS Managers [28 June 2006]
NHS Pension Scheme [28 June 2006]
NHS Prescriptions [26 June 2006]
NHS Service Contracts [26 June 2006]
NHS Staff [28 June 2006]
NHS Treatment (Funding) [26 June
2006]
Nuffield Speech and Language Unit [26
June 2006]
Nurses [26 June 2006]
Nursing Staff (Barking, Havering and
Redbridge NHS Trust) [27 June 2006]
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O
Obesity [28 June 2006]
Obesity [29 June 2006]
Older People Framework [27 June 2006]
Older People's Care [26 June 2006]
Opencast Sites [28 June 2006]
Operations (Private Sector) [26 June
2006]
Operations [28 June 2006]
Osteoporosis [26 June 2006]
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P
Parliamentary Questions [29 June
2006]
Pathways to Work [28 June 2006]
Patient Advice and Liaison Service
[29 June 2006]
Patient Correspondence (Outsourcing)
[29 June 2006]
Patient Transport [28 June 2006]
Picture Archiving and Communications
System [26 June 2006]
PM2.5 Particulates [28 June 2006]
Policy Research Programme [28 June
2006]
Policy Research Programme [29 June
2006]
Practice-based Commissioning [26 June
2006]
Prescribed Disease A11 [29 June 2006]
Prescription Charges (Exemption) [29
June 2006]
Primary Care Trusts [27 June 2006]
Primary Care Trusts [28 June 2006]
Primary Care Trusts [29 June 2006]
Prisons [29 June 2006]
Private Care (NHS Facilities) [26
June 2006]
Private Prescribing [26 June 2006]
Prostate Cancer [26 June 2006]
Public Health Pilots [28 June 2006]
Public Health Screening Programmes
[27 June 2006]
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ALPHABETS
Q
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R
Respite Care Charges [29 June 2006]
Rheumatoid Arthritis [26 June 2006]
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S
Seroxat [29 June 2006]
Severe Head Trauma [29 June 2006]
Sickness Absence [27 June 2006]
Sickness Absence [28 June 2006]
Social Care IT [27 June 2006]
Social Workers [29 June 2006]
Special Advisers [28 June 2006]
Spinal Cord Injuries [26 June 2006]
Spinal Cord Injuries [29 June 2006]
Strategic Health Authorities [26 June
2006]
Streptococcus Testing [29 June 2006]
Stroud Maternity Unit [27 June 2006]
Sunitinib [26 June 2006]
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T
TB Vaccination [27 June 2006]
Teenage Pregnancy [29 June 2006]
Teenage Pregnancy and Life Expectancy
[28 June 2006]
Trans Fats [29 June 2006]
Tuberculosis [26 June 2006]
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U
United Health Europe [26 June 2006]
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V
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W
Waiting Lists (Barking, Havering and
Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust) [27 June 2006]
Waiting Times [26 June 2006]
Wind Turbines (Acute Hospitals) [26
June 2006]
Worthing Hospital [27 June 2006]
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Y
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Z
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Health Committee
Wednesday 27th June
NHS Deficits: Evidence published
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by
Brian Shipley, Director of Finance, Southend University Hospital NHS
Foundation Trust; Steve Phoenix, Chief Executive, Adur, Arun and Worthing
Teaching PCT; John McIvor, Chief Executive, Rotherham PCT; Keith Ford,
Director of Finance, Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA; Philip
Davidson, partner in Restructuring Advisory Group, KPMG; Kevin Ellis, partner
in PWC Business Recovery Services, PWC; Sean Sullivan, Turnaround Director,
Essex, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire; Martyn Everett, Director of Recovery,
Kensington and Chelsea PCT; David Law, Chief Executive, West Hertfordshire
Hospitals NHS Trust; Antony Sumara, Chief Executive, University Hospital of
North Staffordshire NHS Trust; Simon Pleydell, Chief Executive, South Tees
Hospitals NHS Trust; and Andrew Kenworthy, Chief Executive, Kensington and
Chelsea PCT.
Click here to view the uncorrected oral evidence.
Science and Technology Committee
Thursday 29th June
Publication of report
Watching the Directives: Scientific Advice on the EU
Physical Agents (Electromagnetic Fields) Directive
Click here to view the HTML version of the report
Click here to view the
PDF version of the report
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