THURSDAY 6 DECEMBER 2001
Members present:
MR
DAVID HINCHLIFFE,
in the Chair
Mr David Amess | Sandra Gidley
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John Austin | Siobhain McDonagh
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Andy Burnham | Dr Doug Naysmith
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Jim Dowd | Dr Richard Taylor
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Julia Drown | |
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do visit North America
in connection with its inquiry into Delayed Discharges.- (The
Chairman.)
Ordered, That the Chairman do seek the approval of
the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the said
visit.
The Role of the Private Sector in the NHS: Mr Peter Huntley,
Chief Executive, Channel Primary Care Group, Mr John Fieldhouse,
Board Member, and Consultant Oral Surgeon, Federation of Independent
Practitioners, Mr Charles Auld, Chief Executive, General Healthcare
Group, Mr Barry Hassell, Chief Executive, Independent Healthcare
Association, and Karen Bryson, Cancer Services Collaborative,
South East Region Regional Office, were examined.
Mr Donal Roy, Vice-Chairman, Association of Community Health
Councils, Mr Howard Catton, Policy Adviser, Royal College of Nursing,
and Mr Trevor Campbell Davis, Chairman, Acute Services Committee,
NHS Confederation, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 12 December at a quarter to Four
o'clock.
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