Amendments proposed to the Health Bill [Lords], As Amended - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Secretary Dobson

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Page     8,     line     44     [Clause     5],     after 'accommodation' insert 'or services'.

   

Mr Secretary Dobson

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Page     8,     line     47     [Clause     5],     at end insert 'or services'.

   

Mr William Hague
Mr Peter Lilley
Mr James Arbuthnot
Miss Ann Widdecombe
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Philip Hammond

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Page     8,     line     47     [Clause 5],     at end insert 'provided that no such charges shall be made in respect of NHS patients'.

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Mr Secretary Dobson

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Page     9,     line     4     [Clause     5],     after 'accommodation' insert 'or services'.

   

Mr Secretary Dobson

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Page     9     [Clause     5],     leave out line 17.

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Mr William Hague
Mr Peter Lilley
Mr James Arbuthnot
Miss Ann Widdecombe
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Philip Hammond

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Page     11,     line     24     [Clause 8],     at end insert—

    '(3CC) The objectives mentioned in subsection (3C) above shall not include Health Authority or NHS Trust performance with regard to waiting lists for first out-patient consultations or waiting lists for surgery.'.

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Mr Secretary Dobson

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Page     13,     line     23     [Clause     9],     after 'below', insert 'and".'.

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Mr Secretary Dobson

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Page     15,     line     5     [Clause     10],     leave out from 'he' to end of line 10 and insert—

'(a) shall consult a body appearing to him to be representative of persons to whose remuneration the determination would relate, and

(b) may consult such other persons as he considers appropriate.'.

   

Mr Secretary Dobson

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Page     15,     line     18     [Clause     10],     leave out 'revised' and insert 'varied'.

   

Mr William Hague
Mr Peter Lilley
Mr James Arbuthnot
Miss Ann Widdecombe
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Philip Hammond

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Page     15,     line     38     [Clause 10],     leave out 'may be determined from time to time.' and insert 'shall be reviewed annually.'.

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Mr Secretary Dobson

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Page     16,     line     39     [Clause     10],     leave out 'revocation or revision' and insert 'or revocation'.

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Mr Secretary Dobson

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Page     17,     line     5     [Clause     10],     leave out subsection (4).

   

Mr William Hague
Mr Peter Lilley
Mr James Arbuthnot
Miss Ann Widdecombe
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Philip Hammond

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Page     17,     line     14 [Clause     11],     after 'services', insert '(including deputy medical practitioners'.

   

Mr Secretary Dobson

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Page     17,     line     15     [Clause     11],     leave out from 'area;' to 'the' in line 16 and insert—

'(b) those medical practitioners and the deputy medical practitioners for that area; or

(c) the medical practitioners mentioned in—

    (i) paragraph (a) above; or

    (ii) paragraph (b) above,

and'.

   

Mr Secretary Dobson

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Page     17,     line     23     [Clause     11],     leave out from 'area;' to 'the' in line 24 and insert—

'(b) those dental practitioners and the deputy dental practitioners for that area; or

(c) the dental practitioners mentioned in—

    (i) paragraph (a) above; or

    (ii) paragraph (b) above,

and'.

   

Mr Secretary Dobson

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Page     17,     line     31     [Clause     11]     leave out from beginning to end of line 4 on page 18 and insert—

    ' "(3) For the purposes of this section and section 45 below, a person who meets the condition in subsection (4) below—

(a) is a deputy medical practitioner for the area of a Health Authority if he is a medical practitioner who assists a medical practitioner providing general medical services in that area in the provision of those services but is not himself on a list;

(b) is a section 28C medical practitioner for the area of a Health Authority if he is a medical practitioner who provides or performs personal medical services in accordance with arrangements made under section 28C above by the Health Authority (whether with himself or another);

(c) is a deputy dental practitioner for the area of a Health Authority if he is a dental practitioner who assists a dental practitioner providing general dental services in that area in the provision of those services but is not himself on a list;

(d) is a section 28C dental practitioner for the area of a Health Authority if he is a dental practitioner who provides or performs personal dental services in accordance with arrangements made under section 28C above by the Health Authority (whether with himself or another).

    (4) The condition referred to in subsection (3) above is that the person concerned has notified the Health Authority that he wishes to be represented under this section by the appropriate committee for their area (and has not notified them that he wishes to cease to be so represented).

    (5) For the purposes of subsection (3) above—

(a) a person is to be treated as assisting a medical practitioner or dental practitioner in the provision of services if he is employed by that practitioner for that purpose or if he acts as his deputy in providing those services; and

(b) "list" has the same meaning as in section 46 below.".'.

   

Mr William Hague
Mr Peter Lilley
Mr James Arbuthnot
Miss Ann Widdecombe
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Philip Hammond

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Page     17,     line     42     [Clause     11],     at end insert—

'(c) a person is a deputy medical practitioner for the area of a Health Authority if—

    (i) he is a medical practitioner who assists in the provision of general medical services as a deputy acting for a person who provides such services within that area; and

    (ii) he meets the conditions mentioned in subsection (4) below.'.

   

Mr William Hague
Mr Peter Lilley
Mr James Arbuthnot
Miss Ann Widdecombe
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Philip Hammond

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Page     17,     line     46     [Clause     11],     after 'another)', insert 'or he is a deputy medical practitioner'.

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Mr Secretary Dobson

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Page     18,     line     14     [Clause     11],     leave out '44(A1)(b) or (B1)(b)' and insert '44(A1)(c) or (B1)(c)'.

   

Mr Secretary Dobson

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Page     18,     line     21     [Clause     11],     leave out 'section 44(A1)(b) or (B1)(b)' and insert 'subsection (A1)(b) or (c) or (B1)(b) or (c) of section 44'.

   

Mr Secretary Dobson

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Page     18,     line     23     [Clause     11],     leave out from 'attributable' to end of line 25 and insert '—

(a) in the case of a committee recognised under subsection (A1)(b) or (c)(ii) of that section, to the deputy medical practitioners for the area;

(b) in the case of a committee recognised under subsection (A1)(c) of that section, to the section 28C medical practitioners for the area;

(c) in the case of a committee recognised under subsection (B1)(b) or (c)(ii) of that section, to the deputy dental practitioners for the area;

(d) in the case of a committee recognised under subsection (B1)(c) of that section, to the section 28C dental practitioners for the area.'.

   

Mr William Hague
Mr Peter Lilley
Mr James Arbuthnot
Miss Ann Widdecombe
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Philip Hammond

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Page     18,     line     24     [Clause     11],     after 'or', insert 'the deputy medical practitioners or'.

   

Mr Secretary Dobson

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Page     18,     line     30     [Clause     11],     at end insert 'deputy medical practitioners,'.

   

Mr Secretary Dobson

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Page     18,     line     31     [Clause     11],     after first 'practitioners' insert 'deputy dental practitioners'.

   

Mr William Hague
Mr Peter Lilley
Mr James Arbuthnot
Miss Ann Widdecombe
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Philip Hammond

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Page     18,     line     31     [Clause     11],     after first 'practitioners', insert 'or the deputy practitioners'.

   

Mr Secretary Dobson

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Page     18     [Clause     11],     leave out lines 33 to 36 and insert 'each such practitioner'.

   

Mr William Hague
Mr Peter Lilley
Mr James Arbuthnot
Miss Ann Widdecombe
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Philip Hammond

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Page     18,     line     33     [Clause     11],     leave out from 'practitioner' to 'and' in line 34 and insert 'or deputy medical practitioner for the area, in the case of a Local Medical Committee, as the case may be'.

   

Mr Secretary Dobson

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Page     18,     line     44     [Clause     11],     leave out from second 'to' to end of line 46 and insert 'any practitioners mentioned in that subsection.".'.

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Mr Paddy Ashdown
Mr A J. Beith
Mr Simon Hughes
Dr Evan Harris
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Paul Tyler

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Page     19,     line     21     [Clause     12],     at end insert—

    '( ) The power conferred by subsection (1) shall be exercised so as to require the employment as specialists of only those who are appointed to a consultant post under the NHS (Appointment of Consultants) Regulations or who are responsible to a named consultant employed by that body.'.

Prepared 14 Jun 1999