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Week of 13th October
A list of forthcoming APHG events. Contents:
Major Developments
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Major Developments (9th – 13th October)
Annual Health Check results published The Healthcare Commission have published the results of the first annual health check, the new and more comprehensive system brought in as a means of assessing the performance of NHS trusts. Click here to read more.
APHG BRIEFING: The Healthcare Commission – An update Sir Ian Kennedy, Chairman of the Healthcare Commission, will be briefing the group this week about the activities of the Healthcare Commission, with particular attention paid to the results of the new annual health check. Click here to read more.
Opposition Day Debate: NHS Workforce and Service Development A Conservative opposition day debate was held on Wednesday which among other things addressed hospital cutbacks, workforce planning in health and the implementation of the European Working Time Directive in the NHS. Click here to read more.
Nationwide demonstrations to lead to a greater shift to primary care 30 pilot schemes are testing how teams of consultants, GPs and nurses can safely and effectively provide minor operations, diagnostic tests and step-down care closer to patients' homes. Click here to read more.
The Week Ahead (16th – 20th October)
Monday 16th October House of Commons: Public Accounts Committee: NHS financial management: Oral evidence session: Witnesses: David Nicholson, Chief Executive, NHS; and Richard Douglas, Director General, Finance and Investment, Department of Health.
Tuesday 17th October House of Lords: The Baroness Greengross — To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in accepting the decision of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to deny Aricept to people with early stage Alzheimer’s disease, they have taken into account the full cost of the decision.
Wednesday 18th October Westminster Hall: Paul Goodman: NHS in Buckinghamshire.
Thursday 19th October APHG BREAKFAST BRIEFING: The Healthcare Commission: An Update - with Sir Ian Kennedy, Chairman, Healthcare Commission.
House of Commons: At the end of the sitting: Adjournment: John Gummer: Provision of healthcare in Suffolk.
House of Commons: Health Select Committee: NHS Deficits: Oral Evidence Session: Witnesses: Professor Sheena Asthana, University of Plymouth; Professor Mervyn Stone, University College London; Barry McCormick, Chief Economic Adviser, Department of Health; Andy McKeon, Audit Commission; and Phil Taylor, Chairman, Healthcare Financial Management Association.
House of Commons: Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation: To consider the draft Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Independent Mental Capacity Advocates) (Expansion of Role) Regulations 2006.
House of Lords: Sub-Committee G (Social and Consumer Affairs): European Commission Green Paper on Mental Health Strategy
Friday 20th October House of Commons: Private Member’s Bill: Breastfeeding Etc. Bill: Second Reading: Member in charge: David Kidney
House of Commons: Private Member’s Bill: Misuse of Drugs (Reclassification of Methylamphetamine) Bill: Second Reading: Member in charge: Bob Spink
House of Commons: Private Member’s Bill: Prison Reform (Mental Health) Bill: Second Reading: Member in charge: Charles Hendry
House of Commons: Private Member’s Bill: Identification and Support of Carers (Primary Health Care) Bill: Second Reading: Member in charge: Barbara Keeley
House of Commons: Private Member’s Bill: Care of Older and Incapacitated People (Human Rights) Bill: Second Reading: Member in charge: Paul Burstow
House of Commons: Private Member’s Bill: Breast Cancer Bill: Adjourned Debate on Second Reading [20th January]. And a Motion being made, and the Question being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time: Member in charge: Shailesh Vara
House of Commons: Private Member’s Bill: Food Labelling Bill: Second Reading: Member in charge: David Amess
House of Commons: Private Member’s Bill: Pharmaceutical Labelling (Warning of Cognitive Function Impairment) Bill: Second Reading: Member in charge: Andrew Dismore
This Past Week (9th – 13th October)
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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Parliamentary Health Questions – Answered in the Chamber
There were no health questions this week.
Questions to the Prime Minister (11th October)Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings and Rye) – The downgrading of services at Hastings Conquest hospital David Cameron (Witney) – Health service cuts Jessica Morden (Newport, East) – Paid maternity leave Mr. James Clappison (Hertsmere) – Bed closures at Potters Bar hospital Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull, North) – Obesity and healthy eating in schools Mr. Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire) – Health service cuts in Pembrokeshire
Business of the House (12th October) Mrs. Theresa May (Maidenhead) – The Healthcare Commission’s annual health check and money spent on NHS reorganisations Laura Moffatt (Crawley) – Nurse education Justine Greening (Putney) – Care and treatment for sufferers of mesothelioma John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan) – Deep vein thrombosis Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) – NHS waiting lists
Westminster Hall Debates
Tuesday 10th October
Written Ministerial Statements
Monday 9th October NHS Audited Accounts (2005-06)
Chamber and Legislation
Tuesday 10th October
Wednesday 11th October Opposition Day Debate: NHS Workforce and Service Development
Thursday 12th October
Written Answers (A-Z by subject) – Select a letter.
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· A Air Ambulances [12 October 2006] Alcohol-related Disease [11 October 2006] Alcohol-related Disease [12 October 2006] Ambulance Strike [10 October 2006] Asperger's Syndrome [11 October 2006]
· B Bingo Industry [10 October 2006] Birthing Units [10 October 2006] Birthing Units [11 October 2006] Block Contracts [11 October 2006] Breast Cancer [12 October 2006] Breastfeeding [12 October 2006]
· C Cancer Services [10 October 2006] CFC-containing Inhalers [11 October 2006] Chemical Reagents (Tariff Reduction) [10 October 2006] Chlamydia Screening [12 October 2006] Clostridium Difficile [11 October 2006] Community Hospital Beds [11 October 2006] Complaints against Doctors [11 October 2006] Connecting for Health Contracts [12 October 2006]
· D Departmental Publications [10 October 2006] Disability Living Allowance [9 October 2006] Disease Awareness Campaigns [12 October 2006] Drugs Rehabilitation [12 October 2006]
· E Emergency Readmissions [11 October 2006] Emergency Readmissions [12 October 2006] Eye Services [12 October 2006]
· F Fit for the Future Review [12 October 2006] Flu Pandemic [11 October 2006] FRANK Campaign [12 October 2006]
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H Hearing Loss [10 October 2006] HN51 Vaccine [12 October 2006] Hospital Infection Data [11 October 2006] Hospital Parking Fees [10 October 2006] Human Assets Ltd [12 October 2006]
I Incapacity Benefit [10 October 2006] Intensive Care [10 October 2006]
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M Mackinsey Review [12 October 2006] Medical Assessment Reports [12 October 2006] Medical Innovations [10 October 2006] Mental Health [11 October 2006] Midwife-led Maternity Units [10 October 2006]
N National Confidential Inquiries [12 October 2006] Neonatal Intensive Care [11 October 2006] Neurological Conditions [10 October 2006] Neurological Conditions [11 October 2006] Neurological Conditions [9 October 2006] Neurology and MS Services [12 October 2006] NHS Complaints [11 October 2006] NHS Isolation Facilities [10 October 2006] NHS Outsourcing [11 October 2006] NHS Staff Reductions [11 October 2006]
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P Pathways to Work [10 October 2006] Patient and Public Involvement Forums [12 October 2006] Patient Harm Hotline [12 October 2006] Personal Capability Assessment [9 October 2006] Pharmaceuticals [10 October 2006] Physiotherapists [11 October 2006] Premature Babies [11 October 2006] Prescriptions [11 October 2006] Primary Care Trusts Chief Executives [12 October 2006] Private Finance Initiative Hospital Schemes [12 October 2006] Psychotherapeutic Counsellors [9 October 2006]
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R R and D Funding [10 October 2006] Radiotherapy [12 October 2006] Reneuron Group [10 October 2006] Residential Care [11 October 2006] Royal Surrey County Hospital [12 October 2006]
S Sexual and Reproductive Health [10 October 2006] Sexual and Reproductive Health [11 October 2006] Sexual Health [11 October 2006] Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Tests) [12 October 2006] South West SHA [10 October 2006] Standardised Patient Packs [11 October 2006] Stem Cell Research [12 October 2006] Stem Cell Research [9 October 2006] Sudden Death Syndrome [10 October 2006] Sudden Death Syndrome [12 October 2006]
T Terminally Ill (Benefits) [12 October 2006] Travel to Hospitals [11 October 2006] Tuberculosis [12 October 2006] Tuberculosis Action Plan [11 October 2006]
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W Waiting Lists [10 October 2006] Waiting Times [11 October 2006] Waiting Times [12 October 2006]
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The Committee Corridor
Public Accounts Committee
Wednesday 11th October Smarter food procurement in the public sector: Evidence given by: Ms Helen Williams, Department for Education and Skills; Mr Rob Knott, NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency; and Colonel Duncan Robertson, Defence Food Service.
Early Day Motions
Monday 9th October SUPPORTING OLDER CARERS – 2657 Stephen O’Brien MP
BREAST CANCER SCREENING FOR THE OVER SEVENTIES – 2659 Sarah McCarthy Fry MP
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND (S.I., 2006, No. 1408) – 2672 Sir Menzies Campbell MP
REFUSAL OF HOSPITAL TREATMENT TO Mr EDWARD ATKINSON – 2677 Elfyn Llwyd MP
WEIGHT OF FASHION MODELS – 2685 Bob Russell MP
Tuesday 10th October INDUCED ILLNESS IN CHILDREN - 2688 John Hemming MP
MAXIMUM WORKING TEMPERATURES – 2692 Alan Meale MP
Wednesday 11th October FUTURE OF THE ROYAL SURREY HOSPITAL – 2712 Anne Milton MP
FUTURE OF PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN HEALTH – 2713 Andrew Lansley MP
NHS TOGETHER CAMPAIGN – 2714 Tony Lloyd MP
HINCHINGBROOKE HOSPITAL – 2718 Jonathan Djanogly MP
BREAST CANCER CAMPAIGN 'WEAR IT PINK' 2006 – 2721 Shailesh Vara MP
Thursday 12th October FUTURE OF ADULT NEUROSURGERY – 2735 Elfyn Llwyd MP
PRESCRIPTION OF DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE – 2741 Nigel Evans MP
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HOUSE OF LORDS
Lords Chamber – Debates, Legislation and Ministerial Statements
Monday 9th October Immigration: Tuberculosis Testing Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 Disability: Independent Living Review India: Reproductive and Child Health National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence NHS: Drug Tariff Part IX Review NHS: Spearhead Primary Care Trust Areas Opium Derivatives: Macfarlan Smith Report Teenage Pregnancy: Independent Advisory Group Annual Report Disability: Independent Living Funds
Tuesday 10th October Armed Forces: Royal Centre for Defence Medicine
Wednesday 11th October National Health Service Bill [HL] National Health Service (Wales) Bill [HL] National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Bill [HL]
Written answers (Lords)
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