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Major Developments (19th July – 30th July)
European Working Time Directive
The EU Working Time Directive came into
force today, limiting the hours junior doctors can work to 58 per week. For
more details on the Directive and to view the information from our meeting on
the topic last month, please refer to our website http://www.healthinparliament.org.uk/event_diary.html
and to Department of
Health below.
APHG to host Parliamentary Launch of ‘Fat
Nation’
FURTHER DETAILS TO FOLLOW
On Tuesday 7th September, APHG
will be hosting the official parliamentary launch of the BBC’s ‘Fat Nation’
initiative – a two year campaign by the BBC, inspired by
alarm over the rising rates of obesity that have taken hold in the United
States.
‘Fat
Nation: The Big Challenge’ starts 2 days later on 9 September with a
nine-programme series that will try to lower the average weight (currently
10st 10lbs) of 200 adults and children living in one street in the Handsworth
Wood area of Birmingham. The volunteers will be used as inspiration to the
country in an attempt to change diets, fitness regimes and lifestyles, with
BBC national and local radio and television taking up the fight thereafter.
Arm’s Length Body Review
The Department of Health Arms Length Body Review – discussed by Lord Warner
with the APHG last month – was announced last week. See Department of Health below for
further details.
Star Ratings
Star
Ratings and Foundation Trusts – the NHS star ratings 2003-04 and latest wave
of Foundation Trusts were announced to Parliament last week. For full details
please see Written Ministerial Statements and Department
of Health
below
APHG Advisory Board
The
APHG is delighted to announce that Chairman of the Healthcare Commission Sir
Ian Kennedy has joined the APHG’s Advisory Board.
The
Healthcare Commission, established in April this year, is
set to play a crucial role in the ongoing modernisation of the NHS, and we
look forward to working closely with Sir Ian in keeping Parliament updated
with its work.
Our
grateful thanks also to Dame Deirdre Hine, who as former chair of CHI
(precursor to the Healthcare Commission) has been a tremendous supporter of
APHG in the last 3 years, and now steps down from the Board to allow Sir Ian
to take her place.
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The Week Ahead
Parliament is in recess until Tuesday 7th September.
RECESS DATES
Summer Recess: 22 July 2004 - 7 September 2004
Conference Recess: 16 September 2004 - 11 October 2004
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This Past Week (19th – 30th July)
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)
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HOUSE OF COMMONS
Parliamentary Health Questions – Answered
in the Chamber
There were no health questions in the
chamber
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Questions to the Prime Minister
Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe)
Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and
Inverness, West)
Dr. Howard Stoate (Dartford)
Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)—
Engagements [14
Jul 2004]
Mr. Eric Illsley (Barnsley, Central)—
Engagements [14
Jul 2004]
Mr. Piara S. Khabra (Ealing, Southall)—
Engagements [14
Jul 2004]
Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)—
Engagements [21
Jul 2004]
Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West)—
Engagements [21
Jul 2004]
Sandra Gidley (Romsey)—
Engagements [21
Jul 2004]
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Westminster Hall Debates
NHS (Thames Valley) [13 Jul 2004]
NHS Funding (East Sussex) [13 Jul 2004]
NHS Appointments System [14 Jul 2004]
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Written Ministerial Statements
Shipman Inquiry Fourth Report: The Regulation
of Controlled Drugs in the Community. [15 Jul 2004]
NHS Dentistry [16 Jul 2004]
NHS Foundation Trusts [16 Jul 2004]
NHS Estates and Facilities Management
Development Agency (Annual Report) [20 Jul 2004]
Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome [20 Jul 2004]
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency [21 Jul 2004]
Meat Hygiene Service [21 Jul 2004]
Health and Social Care Standards [21 Jul
2004]
Health Service Bodies [21 Jul 2004]
National Health Service Pensions Agency [21
Jul 2004]
Medicines Commission and Medicines
ActAdvisory Bodies [21 Jul 2004]
Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act
[21 Jul 2004]
NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency [21 Jul
2004]
Reducing Bureaucracy [22 Jul 2004]
Blood Donations [22 Jul 2004]
Counter Fraud and Security Management
Service Accounts 2003–04 [22 Jul 2004]
Primary Care Dental Workforce Review [22
Jul 2004]
David Bennett Enquiry [22 Jul 2004]
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Chamber and Legislation
BUPA Seven [15 Jul 2004]
NHS Dentistry (East Staffordshire) [15 Jul
2004]
Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords] [19
Jul 2004]
ME [21 Jul 2004]
Dr. Raj Mattu [21 Jul 2004]
Commission for Patient and Public Involvement
in Health [22 Jul 2004]
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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
& E Waiting Times [13 Jul 2004]
Abortions
[15 Jul 2004]
Adult
Protection [12 Jul 2004]
Agenda
for Change [12 Jul 2004]
Agenda
for Change [20 Jul 2004]
Alcohol
(National Harm Reduction Strategy) [13 Jul 2004]
Allergy
Services [13 Jul 2004]
Allergy
Services [21 Jul 2004]
Alzheimer's
Disease [22 Jul 2004]
Ambulance
Response Times [13 Jul 2004]
Ambulance
Trusts [15 Jul 2004]
Anaphylaxis
[22 Jul 2004]
Anti-cancer
Drugs [19 Jul 2004]
Antipsychotic
Drugs [22 Jul 2004]
Art
Therapy [22 Jul 2004]
Assisted
Reproduction [21 Jul 2004]
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B
Bacterial
Meningitis [22 Jul 2004]
Bed
Occupancy [19 Jul 2004]
Bed
Occupancy [22 Jul 2004]
Biochemical
Assay [21 Jul 2004]
Birth
Defects [13 Jul 2004]
Births/Terminations
[22 Jul 2004]
Botox
[12 Jul 2004]
Branded
Medicine Prices [19 Jul 2004]
Breast
Milk Substitutes [13 Jul 2004]
Bureaucracy
[22 Jul 2004]
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C
Cancer
[16 Jul 2004]
Cancer
[21 Jul 2004]
Canteen
Facilities [22 Jul 2004]
Care
Homes [21 Jul 2004]
Care
Packages [20 Jul 2004]
Chest
Pain Clinics [14 Jul 2004]
Childhood
Obesity [15 Jul 2004]
Children
of Related Parents [22 Jul 2004]
Chiropody
Services (Access) [20 Jul 2004]
Chlamydia
[13 Jul 2004]
Choosing
Health Consultation [15 Jul 2004]
Civil
Servants [22 Jul 2004]
Commission
for Patient Public Involvement [13 Jul 2004]
Commission
for Patient Public Involvement [15 Jul 2004]
Community
Hospitals [15 Jul 2004]
Consultancy
Services [20 Jul 2004]
Contaminated
Blood Products [13 Jul 2004]
Continuing
Care [22 Jul 2004]
Control
and Restraint Measures [14 Jul 2004]
Coronary
Heart Disease [21 Jul 2004]
Correspondence
[22 Jul 2004]
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TO ALPHABETS
D
Data
Collection [15 Jul 2004]
Data
Protection [20 Jul 2004]
Deaf-Blind
Awareness Week [20 Jul 2004]
Deaths
During Operations (Havering) [13 Jul 2004]
Deaths
while on a Waiting List [13 Jul 2004]
Delayed
Discharges [21 Jul 2004]
Dental
Health (Children) [14 Jul 2004]
Dental
Health/Hygiene (Children) [12 Jul 2004]
Dental
Provision (Homeless People) [13 Jul 2004]
Dentistry
[13 Jul 2004]
Dentistry
[15 Jul 2004]
Dentistry
[16 Jul 2004]
Dentistry
[19 Jul 2004]
Dentistry
[20 Jul 2004]
Dentistry
[21 Jul 2004]
Dentistry
[22 Jul 2004]
Departmental
Accounting Practice [19 Jul 2004]
Departmental
Annual Report [22 Jul 2004]
Departmental
Contracts [19 Jul 2004]
Departmental
Estate [12 Jul 2004]
Departmental
Expenditure [19 Jul 2004]
Departmental
Legal Costs [19 Jul 2004]
Departmental
Priorities [22 Jul 2004]
Departmental
Secondments [12 Jul 2004]
Diabetes
[19 Jul 2004]
Digital
Hearing Aids [12 Jul 2004]
Digital
Hearing Aids [20 Jul 2004]
Disabled
People [12 Jul 2004]
Drinking
Water [15 Jul 2004]
Drug
and Alcohol Treatment [15 Jul 2004]
Drug
Misuse and Treatment [15 Jul 2004]
Drug
Misuse Indicator [13 Jul 2004]
Drug
Treatment (SERCO system) [15 Jul 2004]
Drug
Treatment Services [21 Jul 2004]
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