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Major Developments (27th June – 1st
July)
APHG Meeting with Sir Nigel Crisp
Sir Nigel Crisp, Chief Executive of the NHS, this
week addressed the group on the progress of the NHS Plan and future challenges.
The briefing proved very popular with Parliamentarians with almost 50 MPs and
Peers attending the event. Should you require further information about the
meeting, please see our website, www.healthinparliament.org.uk.
Health Committee Chair
It has been reported this week that Kevin Barron MP
(Labour - Rother
Valley) has received
the Labour nomination to become chair of the Health Select Committee when it
is reformed later this year – this ends weeks of speculation as to who
will receive the coveted post. Also it is believed that Dr Ian Gibson MP
(Labour - Norwich North) will not be reinstated as Chair of the Science &
Technology Committee. However the report also states that John Denham MP (Labour
- Southampton,Itchen) remains as Health Chair, when in fact he remains as
Home Affairs Chair! To see the Guardian report in full, please click
here.
Healthcare Commission reports on
Sickness Absence
The Healthcare Commission this week released new figures that show nursing
ward staff take more sick days than most other public sector workers. On
average, 16.8 days per ward staff member a year are lost to sickness. For
further details, please click
here.
News from Holyrood
The Scottish Parliament has banned smoking in public
places. MSPs voted in favour of the Smoking,
Health and Social Care (Scotland)
Bill by a majority of 97 to 17, legislating for a total ban. A ban in England
now seems increasingly likely and is expected to be covered in the
forthcoming round of legislation, under the Health Protection Bill.
The
Scottish Executive has also announced the appointment of a new Deputy Health
Minister, Lewis Macdonald (Lab, Aberdeen Central), who has been a MSP since
1999 and moves from the environment department.
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The Week Ahead (4th July – 8th
July)
Monday 4th July
Adjournment
Debate - In-patient bed closures in New Forest
Community Hospitals
House of Lords - Baroness Knight of
Collingtree (Con) asks the government what steps they are taking to support
research into dental health.
Northern Ireland Office Health Minister Shaun Woodward
- plans for tackling NHS waiting lists in Ulster.
Tuesday 5th July
Westminster Hall Private Members Debate - NHS
logistics (Judy Mallaber MP)
Ten Minute Rule Bill - Pharmaceutical Labelling
(Warning of Cognitive Function Impairment) (Mr Andrew Dismore MP)
Health Minister Rosie Winterton launches a consultation on new safeguards for patients
treated under the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Vaccine Damaged Children APG – AGM and election
of Officers
Deafness APG - with RNID Chief Executive, John Low,
on the modernisation of NHS Audiology units.
Medical Technology APG – Election of Officers
Disability APG – discuss Direct Payments
Weight Watchers APG - AGM
In the Lords, Baroness Knight of
Collingtree (Con) asks the government what steps they will take to ensure
that NHS doctors suspended by their hospital trusts have their cases dealt
with justly and speedily.
Healthcare Commission - report on NHS
foundation hospitals.
The Foundation Trust Network publishes a
report calling for the borrowing of its members to be taken off the
government’s balance sheets.
The Office for National Statistics
publishes a ‘cancer atlas’ of the UK
and Ireland
for 1991 to 2000.
Wednesday 6th July
Adjournment Debate – NHS in Lincolnshire ( Mark Simmonds MP)
Westminster Hall Private Members Debate - Funding for
Royal Sussex
NHS Trust (Mr Andrew Tyrie MP)
Westminster Hall Private Members Debate -Dr Ghosh and
Northumberland Primary Care Trust (Mr Ronnie Campbell MP)
House of Lords, Lord Ashley of Stoke
(Lab) asks what date and with what remit the new office for disability issues
will be established.
Health minister Liam Byrne addresses a European social services conference in
Edinburgh.
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology - briefing note on binge
drinking and public health.
ME APG – meeting to re-register
Breast Cancer APG –election of officers
Malaria APG – AGM and election of officers
Local hospitals APG – AGM
Obesity APG -
Inaugural meeting, AGM and ekection of officers. Also meeting with Diabetes
APG on Obesity and Diabtetes.
Occupational Safety and Health APG – Inaugural
meeting
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy APG – AGM and
election of officers
Thursday 7th July
Mental Health APG – AGM and Election of
Officers
House of Lords, Baroness Finlay of
Llandaff (C/B) - debate on palliative care.
Health minister Lord Warner addresses HSJ conference on primary care trust
commissioning.
Friday 8th July
Health minister Rosie Winterton speaks at
a conference on the renal NSF and patient choice.
Sir Nigel Crisp, NHS chief executive speaks on the final day of a Department
of Health conference focusing on healthcare science.
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This Past Week (27th June – 1st
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)
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 (29th June)
There were no PMQs this week.
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Westminster Hall Debates
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Written Ministerial Statements
Ambulance Services [30 Jun 2005]
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Chamber
and Legislation
Barbara Clark [30 Jun 2005]
Immunisation [30 Jun 2005]
NHS Dentistry and Primary Health Care [29 Jun
2005]
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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
Abortion [27 Jun 2005]
Acrylamide (Foodstuffs) [28 Jun 2005]
Actrapid Insulin [29 Jun 2005]
Adverse Incidents [28 Jun 2005]
Alliance Medical [30 Jun 2005]
Alliance Medical Ltd. [27 Jun 2005]
Alzheimer's Disease [28 Jun 2005]
Alzheimer's Disease [30 Jun 2005]
Ambulance Service [28 Jun 2005]
Ambulance Service [29 Jun 2005]
Ambulance Services [30 Jun 2005]
Ambulances [27 Jun 2005]
Anaemia [27 Jun 2005]
Anti-arthritis drugs [27 Jun 2005]
Anti-depressants [27 Jun 2005]
Appraisals (National Institute for Health and
Clinical Excellence) [30 Jun 2005]
Asylum Seekers [29 Jun 2005]
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder [30 Jun
2005]
Audiology Services [27 Jun 2005]
Audiology Services [28 Jun 2005]
Audiology Services [29 Jun 2005]
Audit Commission Report (2002) [28 Jun 2005]
Autism [28 Jun 2005]
Autism [30 Jun 2005]
Autism [30 Jun 2005]
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ALPHABETS
B
Back and Joint Problems (Nurses) [27 Jun 2005]
Bacteriophages [30 Jun 2005]
Bedside Bibles [27 Jun 2005]
British Pregnancy Advisory Service [28 Jun 2005]
Broomfield Tip (Fire) [28 Jun 2005]
Bt 10 Maize [28 Jun 2005]
Burns Units (London) [28 Jun 2005]
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ALPHABETS
C
Cancer (Waiting Times) [28 Jun 2005]
Cancer Services/Treatment [27 Jun 2005]
Cancer Treatment [28 Jun 2005]
Cancer Treatment [30 Jun 2005]
Cane Hill (Coulsdon) [27 Jun 2005]
Care Homes [27 Jun 2005]
Care Homes [29 Jun 2005]
Care homes for older people (Office of Fair Trading)
[28 Jun 2005]
Care Provision Funding [28 Jun 2005]
Carers' Week [27 Jun 2005]
Charing Cross Hospital (Private Treatments) [27
Jun 2005]
Childhood Development Reviews [29 Jun 2005]
Clinical Negligence [27 Jun 2005]
Clinical Negligence Claims [28 Jun 2005]
Clinical Trials [30 Jun 2005]
Clinical Trials Directive [27 Jun 2005]
Clostridium Difficile [27 Jun 2005]
Clostridium Difficile [28 Jun 2005]
Colindale Hospital (Staff Housing) [27 Jun 2005]
Commission for Social Care Inspection [29 Jun
2005]
Community Hospitals [29 Jun 2005]
Community Pharmacies [30 Jun 2005]
Computer Crime [29 Jun 2005]
Continuing Care [28 Jun 2005]
Cumberland Infirmary [27 Jun 2005]
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ALPHABETS
D
Dementia (Personal Care) [27 Jun 2005]
Dementia [27 Jun 2005]
Dementia [28 Jun 2005]
Dentistry [27 Jun 2005]
Dentistry [28 Jun 2005]
Dentistry [29 Jun 2005]
Dentistry [29 Jun 2005]
Dentistry [30 Jun 2005]
Departmental Relocation [27 Jun 2005]
Departmental Union Representation [29 Jun 2005]
Digital Hearing Aids [27 Jun 2005]
Digital Hearing Aids [28 Jun 2005]
Drug Rehabilitation (Portsmouth) [28 Jun 2005]
Drug Rehabilitation [27 Jun 2005]
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy [27 Jun 2005]
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ALPHABETS
E
ECT Treatment [28 Jun 2005]
Edgware Hospital [27 Jun 2005]
Edgware hospital [28 Jun 2005]
End-of-Life Care [27 Jun 2005]
Epidermolysis Bullosa [28 Jun 2005]
Eye Tests (London) [27 Jun 2005]
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ALPHABETS
F
Faith Communities [27 Jun 2005]
Fertility Treatment [27 Jun 2005]
Financial Deficits (Eastbourne) [27 Jun 2005]
Food Procurement [28 Jun 2005]
Food Standards Agency [27 Jun 2005]
Food Supplements [27 Jun 2005]
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ALPHABETS
G
General Practice [27 Jun 2005]
General Practitioner Appointments [28 Jun 2005]
General Practitioner Cover [27 Jun 2005]
General Practitioners [28 Jun 2005]
General Practitioners [29 Jun 2005]
Genetically Modified foods [28 Jun 2005]
GM Food [28 Jun 2005]
GM Foods [27 Jun 2005]
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ALPHABETS
H
Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust [30 Jun
2005]
Health Authority for London [28 Jun 2005]
Health Bodies [27 Jun 2005]
Health Care (Developing Countries) [30 Jun 2005]
Health Care (Developing Countries) [30 Jun 2005]
Health Care Demand (London) [28 Jun 2005]
Health Development Agency [27 Jun 2005]
Health Development Agency [28 Jun 2005]
Health Finance (Oxfordshire) [28 Jun 2005]
Health Services (Gloucestershire) [27 Jun 2005]
Hearing Aids (Hornsey and Wood Green) [27 Jun
2005]
Hepatitis [30 Jun 2005]
Hepatitis C [27 Jun 2005]
Hepatitis C [28 Jun 2005]
Herceptin [27 Jun 2005]
HIV/AIDS (Africa) [29 Jun 2005]
HIV/AIDS [29 Jun 2005]
Honours [30 Jun 2005]
Hospital Acquired Infections [27 Jun 2005]
Hospital Beds (London) [30 Jun 2005]
Hospital Beds [28 Jun 2005]
Hospital Beds [29 Jun 2005]
Hospital Cleaning [28 Jun 2005]
Hospital Isolation Facilities [27 Jun 2005]
Hospital Services Access [27 Jun 2005]
Hospital Travel Costs Scheme [30 Jun 2005]
Hospital Workers (Drug Dependency) [27 Jun 2005]
Hospital-acquired Infections [29 Jun 2005]
Hospital-acquired Infections [30 Jun 2005]
Hospitals (North-East) [29 Jun 2005]
Hospitals (Shropshire) [27 Jun 2005]
Hospitals [28 Jun 2005]
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ALPHABETS
I
Identity Cards [29 Jun 2005]
Incapacity Benefit [30 Jun 2005]
Inspection fees (Charities) [27 Jun 2005]
Intensive Care (Enfield) [30 Jun 2005]
Intensive Care Provision [27 Jun 2005]
Intensive Care/High Dependency (Costs) [28 Jun
2005]
IT Contracts [27 Jun 2005]
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ALPHABETS
J
Jarvis plc (Private Finance Initiative) [28 Jun
2005]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
K
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
L
Laptop Computers [27 Jun 2005]
Leukaemia (Draper report) [28 Jun 2005]
Long-Term Residential Care [27 Jun 2005]
Lymphoma [28 Jun 2005]
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ALPHABETS
M
Malaria [27 Jun 2005]
Malarial Infection [30 Jun 2005]
Malarial Infection [30 Jun 2005]
Maternity Services [27 Jun 2005]
Meals on Wheels [30 Jun 2005]
Medical Examination Centres [27 Jun 2005]
Medical Staff (Developing World) [30 Jun 2005]
Medical Staff (Developing World) [30 Jun 2005]
Medical Staff [27 Jun 2005]
Mental Capacity Act [30 Jun 2005]
Mental Capacity Act [30 Jun 2005]
Mental Capacity Act 2005 [27 Jun 2005]
Mental Health [28 Jun 2005]
Mental Health Bill [30 Jun 2005]
Mental Health Services [30 Jun 2005]
Mental Health Wards (Safety) [27 Jun 2005]
Methadone/Buprenorphine [28 Jun 2005]
Midwifery Vacancies [29 Jun 2005]
Ministerial Powers [29 Jun 2005]
Missed Appointments (Lancashire) [30 Jun 2005]
MMR (Students) [28 Jun 2005]
Mobile Phone Risks (Children) [28 Jun 2005]
MRI Scan [30 Jun 2005]
MRI Scans (Lancashire) [27 Jun 2005]
MRSA [27 Jun 2005]
MRSA [28 Jun 2005]
MRSA [28 Jun 2005]
MS Treatment [27 Jun 2005]
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ALPHABETS
N
National Blood Service [27 Jun 2005]
National Institute for Clinical Excellence [27
Jun 2005]
National Institute for Health and Clinical
Excellence [29 Jun 2005]
National Service Framework for Older People [29
Jun 2005]
Needle Exchange Projects (Hepatitis C) [28 Jun
2005]
NHS Acute Hospital Trusts [29 Jun 2005]
NHS Budget [30 Jun 2005]
NHS Dentistry [28 Jun 2005]
NHS Direct [27 Jun 2005]
NHS Direct [28 Jun 2005]
NHS Finances [29 Jun 2005]
NHS Patients (Overseas Treatment) [29 Jun 2005]
NHS Spending [28 Jun 2005]
NHS Staff [28 Jun 2005]
NHS Staff [30 Jun 2005]
NHS Staff Assaults [27 Jun 2005]
NHS Trusts (Finances) [28 Jun 2005]
Northwick Park Hospital (Maternity) [30 Jun
2005]
Nurses [28 Jun 2005]
Nutrition (Staff Training) [28 Jun 2005]
Nutrition [27 Jun 2005]
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ALPHABETS
O
Older People [28 Jun 2005]
Orthopaedic Prosthesis [27 Jun 2005]
Outpatient Appointments [28 Jun 2005]
Outpatient Waiting Times (Lancashire) [27 Jun
2005]
BACK TO
ALPHABETS
P
Palliative Care [27 Jun 2005]
Patient Care (Private Companies) [30 Jun 2005]
Patient Records [27 Jun 2005]
PBDE [28 Jun 2005]
PFI/PPP [27 Jun 2005]
Pharmaceutical Counterfeiting [28 Jun 2005]
Physiotherapists [27 Jun 2005]
Physiotherapy [29 Jun 2005]
Plano Lenses [28 Jun 2005]
Primary Care [28 Jun 2005]
Primary Care Trust Populations (Lancashire) [27
Jun 2005]
Primary Care Trusts [30 Jun 2005]
Prisons [27 Jun 2005]
Psoriatic Arthritis [27 Jun 2005]
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ALPHABETS
Q
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ALPHABETS
R
Radiographers [29 Jun 2005]
Report on Social Value Judgments [27 Jun 2005]
Residential Care [29 Jun 2005]
Respiratory Complaints [27 Jun 2005]
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