Sessional Returns 2001-02 - Contents


15. Health

The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 11 Members and held 46 Meetings.


Members
Meetings
attended

Hinchliffe, Mr David (Chairman from 18.7.01)
43
Amess, Mr David
29
Austin, John
39
Burnham, Andy
42
Burns, Mr Simon
35
Dowd, Jim
37
Drown, Julia
44
Gidley, Sandra
37
McDonagh, Siobhain
33
Naysmith, Dr Doug
46
Taylor, Dr Richard
45

Overall Attendance:
84.4 %
Turnover of membership during the Session:
0 %


Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Dr John Benger, Deputy Principal Clerk (Senior Structure Band 2)

Second Clerk: Mr James Davies, Senior Clerk (Band A2); Sarah Ioannou (until 27.7.01), Assistant Clerk (Band A3)

Committee Specialist: Ms Suzanne O'Leary (until 25.10.01), (Band B1)

Committee Assistant: Mr Frank McShane, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2)

Secretary: Miss Alex Richards (until 31.5.02), Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1); Mrs Anne Browning (from 8.10.02), Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1)

Specialist Advisers during the Session

Professor Michael Adler, Mr John Appleby, Professor Nick Bosanquet, Mr Sean Boyle, Mrs Helen Christopher, Professor Joe Collier, Professor Tony Harrison, Ms Melanie Henwood, Mr Kingsley Manning, Dr Hilary Pickles, Dr Anton Pozniak, Mr Jon Sussex, Mr Chris Vellenoweth and Professor Gerald Wistow.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
Cabinet Ministers
5
Other Ministers
3
Members of the House of Lords (of whom1 was a Minister)
1
Number of appearances by officials from, or representative of:
Department of Health
30
other departments
2
comprising: HM Treasury
2
public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
4
comprising:
Audit Commission
1
Public Health Laboratory Service Board
3
Health Authorities
4
comprising:
County Durham and Darlington
1
Croydon
2
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham
1
Special Health Authorities
5
comprising:
National Institute for Clinical Excellence
3
NHS Appointments Commission
2
NHS Trusts
9
comprising:
Bradford Teaching Hospital
2
North Durham Health Care
2
Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals
2
South Manchester University Hospitals
1
West Middlesex
1
Hull & East Riding Community
1
Appearances by other witnesses
76

Overseas Visits

Date
Destination
Members
Staff
Purpose
Cost
24.2-1.3.02North America
8
2
Inquiry into Delayed Discharges
£61,390.07
26-30.10.02New OrleansA
2
0
To attend International Congress on Child Migrants
£8,627.00
(estimated outturn)

ATravel in a representative capacity

Visits to European Institutions

Date
Destination
Members
Staff
Purpose
Cost
8-9.7.02Brussels
8
2
Inquiry into Sexual Health
£6,048.78

UK Visits

Date
Destination
Members
Staff
Purpose
Cost
29-30.10.01Durham and Carlisle
8
3
Inquiry into the Role of the Private Sector in the NHS
£4,323.59
13-14.5.02Peterborough, Northampton and Bedford
7
5A
Inquiry into Delayed Discharges
£2,015.06
17-18.6.02Yorkshire and Stoke on Trent
5
4
Inquiry into Delayed Discharges
£3,345.07

AIncludes 1 specialist adviser

Reports and Minutes of Evidence

Title
HC No. (2001-02)
Date of publication
No. of pages
Sale price
Government reply
First Report: The Role of the Private Sector in the NHS
308-I
15.5.02
58
£11.00
Cm 5567, published 19.7.02
Minutes of Evidence: The Role of the Private Sector in the NHS
308-II
15.5.02
372
£27.30
Not applicable
Second Report: National Institute for Clinical Excellence
515-I
3.7.02
66
£11.50
Cm 5611, published 26.9.02
Minutes of Evidence: National Institute for Clinical Excellence
515-II
8.7.02
256
£21.50
Not applicable
Third Report: Delayed Discharges
617-I
24.7.02
75
£13.00
Cm 5645, published 4.11.02
Minutes of Evidence: Delayed Discharges
617-II
29.7.02
296
£22.50
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Public Expenditure
281
8.1.02
28
£7.00
Not applicable
Memoranda: Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services 2001
242
17.1.02
268
£22.50
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Role and Functioning of the NHS Appointments Commission
833-i
15.5.02
24
£7.00
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Sexual Health
990-ii
10.7.02
28
£7.50
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Sexual Health
990-iii
17.7.02
31
£9.00
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Sexual Health
990-iv
23.7.02
29
£7.50
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Delivering the NHS Plan
934-i
26.7.02
28
£7.50
Not applicable
Minutes of Evidence: Sexual Health
990-i
14.8.02
27
£7.50
Not applicable


Government replies to Reports for Session 2000-01

Reply to the Committee's Second Report: Public Health, published as Cm 5242 (27.7.01).

Reply to the Committee's Third Report: Head Injuries, published as Cm 5226 (24.7.01).

Reply to the Committee's Fourth Report: Breast Implants, published as Cm 5241 (19.7.01).

Minutes of Proceedings

The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2000-01 were published on 20.6.01 as HC 490, Session 2000-01. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2001-02 will be published as HC 1321, Session 2001-02.

Divisions

Date
Subject
25.4.02Two, on Amendments proposed to the Chairman's draft Report on The Role of the Private Sector in the NHS.
17.7.02Three, on Amendments proposed to the Chairman's draft Report on Delayed Discharges.

Debates

None.

Oral Evidence

Oral Evidence was taken at 27 of the Committee's 46 Meetings. On 1 of these occasions evidence was taken partly in private.

Inquiry
Number of oral evidence sessions
Delayed Discharges
6
Delivering the NHS Plan
1
National Institute for Clinical Excellence
4
Public Expenditure
1
Public Expenditure 2002
2
Role and Functioning of the NHS Appointments Commission
1
Sexual HealthA
4
The Role of the Private Sector in the NHS
8
Total
27

A The Committee did not complete this inquiry in Session 2001-02.



 
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