Health - Fifth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 12 July 1999.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
REPORT
LIST OF MEMORANDA INCLUDED
IN THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
LIST OF APPENDICES TO
THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
LIST OF MEMORANDA REPORTED
TO THE HOUSE BUT NOT PRINTED
INTRODUCTION
Current state
of the sector
Nature and scope of current
regulation
Other mechanisms of quality
control: Medical Advisory Committees, insurance companies and
quality assurance schemes
Government proposals
and policy
THE NEED FOR BETTER REGULATION
Mutual interaction
of the NHS and independent sector
Protection of the vulnerable
Flaws in the current
regulation
Gaps in regulation
Clinical Issues
Protection of title
General
COSMETIC SURGERY AND
OTHER ACTIVITY IN SMALL CLINICS
Advertising
Information to consumers
Training and qualifications
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Planning in the context
of local NHS provision
The role of the Mental
Health Act Commission
CHILDREN
WALK-IN MEDICAL CENTRES
REGULATORY STRUCTURES
External regulatory
mechanisms
Private beds in the NHS
The licensing process
Suspended clinicians
Regulation within the
medical profession
Training and qualifications
The GMC Specialist Register
Role of Medical Advisory
Committees
FUNDING
Intensive care
COMPLAINTS PROCEDURES
Litigation
Provision of information
Accountability for complaints
The case for a Health
Service Commissioner for the independent sector
Mental health complaints
CONCLUSION
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
USED
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
RELATING TO THE REPORT
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 281-II)
APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 281-II)
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