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Week of 18th November Contents
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Major Developments (14th – 18th November)Opposition Day debate: NHS Finance The Conservatives chose NHS finance as the topic for their 9th
oppostion debate this week, claiming that despite the increase in resources
provided to the health service, NHS trusts financial deficits now threaten
the delivery of NHS services. For full details, please click
here. APHG Meeting on Monitor The Associate Parliamentary Health Group held a
briefing this week with Bill Moyes, Chair of Monitor, the Independent
regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts. For full details, please see our website www.healthinparliament.org.uk NAO publish report on stroke
services The National Audit Office has reported that the priority afforded to
stroke care by the Department of Health and the wider health service can be
increased, given its impact and cost. The report recommends further improvements
to prevent, treat and manage stroke patients to reduce the number of deaths,
improve recovery rates, increase NHS efficiency and lead to significant
financial savings. Click here for further details. APHG to hold meeting on Avian
Influenza The Associate Parliamentary Health will hold a briefing next month on
Avian Flu with Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer. For full details of
the meeting, please see below. The Week Ahead (21st – 25th November)Monday 21st November House of Lords - The Baroness Boothroyd will ask Her
Majesty’s Government how widely they consulted on their document Proposals to Exclude Overseas Visitors from
Eligibility to Free NHS Primary Medical Services; and when the
results of the consultation will be published. House of Lords - NHS Redress Bill [HL]—Grand
Committee [The Lord Warner] [6th Report
from the Delegated Powers Committee] Tuesday 22nd November House of Commons – Oral Questions: Health House of Commons – Opposition Day: Incoherence
of government policy on welfare reform and incapacity benefit House of Lords - The Lord Ashley of Stoke will ask
Her Majesty’s Government when they intend to publish their new
proposals on incapacity benefit. House of Lords - Disability
Discrimination (Private Clubs etc.) Regulations 2005—The Lord Hunt of
Kings Heath to move, That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 19th
October be approved. [6th Report from the
Joint Committee and 13th Report from the Merits Committee] International Development Committee - Delivering the
goods: HIV/AIDS and the provision of anti-retrovirals. Evidence will be heard
from Dr Tom Ellman, Medical Adviser to MSF (UK);
Dr Mandeep Dhaliwal, International HIV/AIDS Alliance; Ms Sandra Black, Policy
adviser, HIV team, WHO; Mr Ben Plumley, Director, UNAIDS Executive Office; Mr
Hans-Martin Boehmer, Head of Human Development Group, Policy Division, DFID;
Ms Robin Gorna, Senior AIDS adviser and team leader, Policy Division, DFID;
and Mr Daniel Graymore, Private Sector Adviser, Global AIDS policy team,
Policy Division, DFI. All-Party Disability Group - Rt Hon Margaret Hodge
MP, Minister for Work, will address the Group Wednesday 23rd November All-Party Carers Group – Speaker Liam Byrne MP
Carers Minister Thursday 24th November Health
Committee – Smoking in Public Places. Evidence will be heard from Action
on Smoking and Health; Local Government Association; Local Authorities
Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services; Chartered Institute of Environmental
Health; Professor Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer; Vice-Admiral
Rory McLean CB OBE, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Health); Caroline
Flint MP, Minister for Public Health, Department of Health; Fiona MacTaggart
MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Home Office House of Lords - The Baroness Neuberger will ask Her
Majesty’s Government what is their view of the recent finding that
nearly a third of complaints to the Healthcare Commission are referred back
to the National Health Service because the issue has not been dealt with
adequately. Adjournment debate – Access to essential drugs
in Friday 25th November The House will not be sitting. This Past Week (14th – 18th November)HOUSE OF COMMONSHealth
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 ____________________________________________________ HOUSE
OF COMMONS
Parliamentary Health Questions – Answered in the ChamberThere were no health questions this week. Questions to the Prime Minister (Wednesday 16th November)Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe) - Incapacity
benefit reform Green Paper Mr. Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness)—
Community hospitals Mr. Edward Vaizey (Wantage)— Oxfordshire
health service Mr. Jeremy Browne (Taunton)— Service
centralization Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent, North)— Coal health
compensation payments Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton)- Asbestos
transfer Westminster Hall DebatesNHS (Oxfordshire) [16 Nov 2005] Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust [15 Nov
2005] Written Ministerial StatementsAvian Influenza (Epidemiology Report) [15 Nov
2005] Broadmoor Hospital [17 Nov 2005] Civil Service (Sickness Absence) [15 Nov 2005] Departmental Expenditure Limit [17 Nov 2005] Vinyl Chloride Monomer-Related Diseases [17 Nov
2005] Chamber and LegislationWritten Answers (A-Z by subject) – Select a
letter.
___________________________________________________________________ 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 A and E Departments [15 Nov 2005] Abuse of the Elderly [15 Nov 2005] Access to Treatment [14 Nov 2005] Alcohol and Smoking-related Deaths [15 Nov 2005]
Anthrax Sales (Iraq) [16 Nov 2005] Birth Statistics [15 Nov 2005] British Standard 7799 [15 Nov 2005] C Carers Allowance [16 Nov 2005] Cataract Operations [15 Nov 2005] Cheshire and Merseyside SHA [15 Nov 2005] Community Health Care [15 Nov 2005] Counselling Services [14 Nov 2005] Drug and Alcohol Abuse [17 Nov 2005] Electronic Patient Records [15 Nov 2005] Excess Winter Deaths [16 Nov 2005] Female Circumcision [15 Nov 2005] General Medical Services Contract [15 Nov 2005] Gulf War Syndrome [15 Nov 2005] Healthcare Costs [15 Nov 2005] Healthcare Professionals Recruitment [15 Nov
2005] Hospital Waiting Times [15 Nov 2005] Illegal Drug Deaths [15 Nov 2005] Incapacity Benefit [16 Nov 2005] Infection Control [15 Nov 2005] Influenza Pandemic [17 Nov 2005] Medical Negligence [14 Nov 2005] Medical Students [16 Nov 2005] Modernising Medical Careers Initiative [15 Nov
2005] NHS Commissioning [15 Nov 2005] NHS Trust Deficits [15 Nov 2005] Noise-induced Hearing Loss [14 Nov 2005] Out-patient Appointments [15 Nov 2005] Out-patients (Waiting Times) [15 Nov 2005] Primary Care Trusts [15 Nov 2005] Private Finance Initiative [14 Nov 2005] Scanning Services [15 Nov 2005] Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust [15 Nov 2005] U Waiting Lists/Times [15 Nov 2005] Water and Sanitation (Funding) [14 Nov 2005] West Yorkshire Health Services [15 Nov 2005] The Committee CorridorHealth Committee Thursday 17th November Smoking in Public Places –
Evidence was heard from HM Prison Service, HM Young
Offenders’ Institute Wetherby, Norfolk & Waveney Mental Health
Trust, The Royal College of Nursing, Rethink Severe Mental Illness, British
Beer and Pub Association, J.D. Wetherspoon, Association of Licensed Multiple
Retailers, British Hospitality Association, Federation of Licensed
Victuallers Associations, Thomas Holdings Ltd, The Bingo Association, Trades
Union Congress, TGWU, UNISON, and GMB. Public Accounts Committee Wednesday 16th November The refinancing of the Norfolk and
Norwich PFI hospital - Evidence was heard
from Mr Peter Coates CBE, Department of Health; Mr Richard Douglas and Ms
Anna Dugdale, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. Early Day MotionsMonday 14th November COUNTERFEIT
MEDICINES - 1012 Ian Gibson ERYTHROPOIETIN
AND PATIENT CARE - 1016 Ian Gibson PHOTODYNAMIC
THERAPY FOR WET AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION -1019 Andrew Lansley FUNDING
FOR PRIMARY CARE TRUSTS TO PROVIDE HERCEPTIN - 1020 Andrew Lansley Tuesday 15th November FUNDING
FOR PRIMARY CARE TRUSTS TO PROVIDE HERCEPTIN – 1020A1
Ann Winterton TUBERCULOSIS
EMERGENCY AND HIV/AIDS - 1025 Nick Herbert LYMPHOMA
MANIFESTO -
1026 David Lidington OPEN
UP TO MOUTH CANCER CAMPAIGN - 1030 Dr
Howard Stoate WORLD
COPD AWARENESS DAY - 1033
Paul Burstow Wednesday
16th November
LITTLE
HAVEN CHILDREN'S HOSPICE – 1051 Dr Bob Spink SATIVEX
ON NHS PRESCRIPTION FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SUFFERERS – 1054 Chris McCafferty NATIONAL
INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CLINICAL EXCELLENCE AND CONTRACEPTION – 1056 Chris McCafferty AMBULANCE
SERVICES IN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND
– 1061 Paul Rowen Thursday 17th November NHS
DENTISTRY IN WALES - 1062 WESTMINSTER
DIET AND HEALTH FORUM – 1063 Dr Brian Iddon CONSEQUENCES
OF NHS FINANCIAL DEFICITS – 1066 Michael Howard CHILDREN'S
HOSPICE SERVICE TOOLKIT – 1069 David Anderson ______________________________________________Lords Chamber –
Debates, Legislation and Ministerial Statements Tuesday 15th November Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food
(Amendment) Regulations 2005 Department of Health and Food Standards Agency:
Winter Supplementary Estimates 2005–06 Industrial Injuries Advisory Council: Report on
Vinyl Chloride Palestinian Children: Nutrition Tuesday 15th November Wednesday 16th November Department of Health: Information Security Thursday 17th November Department of Health: Guidance on Fabricated or
Induced Illness European Union Regulation on Nutrition and
Health Claims Made on Foods Northern Ireland: Children with Autism Northern Ireland: Children with Dyslexia Northern Ireland: Smoking in Public Places Friday 18th November Lords Committees ________________________________________________________ PRIVATE LEGISLATION
Private Bills originate outside Parliament and are promoted by bodies seeking special powers not available under the general law. ________________________________________________________ NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
The National Audit Office scrutinises public spending
on behalf of Parliament. It reports to the Public Accounts Committee and is
totally independent of government. The role of
the NAO is to audit the accounts of all central government departments,
agencies, and other public bodies, reporting to Parliament on the economy,
efficiency and effectiveness with which they have used public money. Wednesday 16th November Department of Health - Reducing Brain Damage:
Faster access to better stroke care Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported that the
priority afforded to stroke care by the Department of Health and the wider
health service can be increased, given its impact and cost. Notable progress
has been made from a low starting point, but the report recommends further
improvements in preventing, treating and managing stroke patients, in line
with recent evidence. These improvements would reduce the number of deaths,
improve recovery rates, increase NHS efficiency and lead to significant
financial savings.
Executive Summary Department of Health and National Health ServiceKey issues from the Department of Health and NHSMonday 14th November Race equality and the Mental Health Bill In accordance with the Race Equality Impact
Assessment on the Bill, the Department of Health’s consultation on the
Mental Health Bill is open until |
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