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Consideration of Bill: 18th February 2008                

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‘(1)    

The Secretary of State may issue a code of practice about compliance with any

 

requirements of regulations under section 16 which relate to the prevention or

 

management of malnutrition.

 

(2)    

The code may—

 

(a)    

operate by reference to provisions of other documents specified in it

 

(whether published by the Secretary of State or otherwise);

 

(b)    

provide for any reference in it to such a document to take effect as a

 

reference to that document as revised from time to time;

 

(c)    

make different provision for different cases or circumstances.

 

(3)    

The Secretary of State must keep the code under review and may from time to

 

time—

 

(a)    

revise the whole or any part of the code, and

 

(b)    

issue a revised code.

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

62

 

Page  2,  line  10  [Clause  2],  after ‘by’, insert ‘or on behalf of’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Kelvin Hopkins

 

Sandra Gidley

 

David Taylor

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

131

 

Page  2,  line  11  [Clause  2],  at end insert—

 

‘(aa)    

views expressed to them by Local Involvement Networks.’.

 

Mr Andrew Dismore

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

10

 

Page  2,  line  13  [Clause  2],  at end insert—

 

‘(ba)    

the extent to which complaints about the provision of health and social

 

care by members of the public, in particular users of health and social

 

care services, are adequately dealt with by the bodies it regulates,’.

 

Mr Andrew Dismore

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

11

 

Page  2,  line  13  [Clause  2],  at end insert—

 

‘(bb)    

the availability and adequacy of advocacy services relating to the bodies

 

it regulates,’.

 

Mr Andrew Dismore

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

8

 

Page  2,  line  18  [Clause  2],  at end insert—


 
 

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‘(da)    

the need to improve the range and quality of information provided by

 

health care and social care services to users of those services about their

 

rights;’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Kelvin Hopkins

 

Sandra Gidley

 

Greg Mulholland

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

128

 

Page  2,  line  22  [Clause  2],  at end insert—

 

‘(g)    

complaints made to a person who carries on a regulated activity or to the

 

Health Service Commissioner for England.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

130

 

Page  2,  line  22  [Clause  2],  at end insert—

 

‘(g)    

complaints made to an English NHS provider or to the Health Service

 

Commissioner for England.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

111

 

Page  2,  line  23  [Clause  2],  leave out subsection (4).

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

110

 

Page  2,  line  25  [Clause  2],  leave out ‘is to perform its functions for’ and insert

 

‘has’.

 

Mr Andrew Dismore

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

5

 

Page  2,  line  28  [Clause  2],  after second ‘the’, insert ‘rights and’.

 

Sandra Gidley

 

Greg Mulholland

 

138

 

Page  2,  line  31  [Clause  2],  at end insert—


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 18th February 2008                

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‘(6)    

The main obejective of the Care Quality Commission in carrying out its functions

 

shall be to protect and promote the interests, health, safety and well-being of the

 

public, patients and users of health care and social care services.’.

 


 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

116

 

Page  3,  line  19  [Clause  5],  at end insert ‘and needs assessments for care and health-

 

related assessments of ability to work.’.

 


 

Mr Andrew Dismore

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

3

 

Page  7,  line  28  [Clause  16],  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

 

Mr Andrew Dismore

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

4

 

Page  7,  line  32  [Clause  16],  after ‘safety’, insert ‘, rights’.

 


 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

104

 

Page  8,  line  11  [Clause  16],  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

impose requirements as to the need to reduce discrimination on the basis

 

of disability (as defined in Part 1 of the Disability Discrimination Act

 

1995).’.

 

Sandra Gidley

 

Greg Mulholland

 

141

 

Page  8,  line  11  [Clause  16],  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

impose requirements on registered social care service providers to

 

comply with the Codes of Practice issued by the General Social Care

 

Council under section 62(1)(b) of the Care Standards Act 2000.’.


 
 

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Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

105

 

Page  8,  line  31  [Clause  16],  at end insert—

 

‘(7A)    

Regulations made under this section may make provision for the prevention and

 

management of malnutrition and may include such provision as the Secretary of

 

State considers appropriate for the purpose of safeguarding individuals (whether

 

receiving health or social care or otherwise) from the risk, or any increased risk,

 

of malnutrition.’.

 


 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

106

 

Page  9,  line  3  [Clause  17],  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

The code of practice must make reference to—

 

(a)    

screening for admissions,

 

(b)    

bed occupancy, and

 

(c)    

the frequency and extent of cleaning in healthcare premises.’.

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

143

 

Page  13,  line  29  [Clause  25],  after second ‘registration’, insert ‘, the removal of a

 

condition’.

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

63

 

Page  14,  line  34  [Clause  27],  after ‘vary’, insert ‘or remove’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

64

 

Page  14,  line  43  [Clause  27],  after ‘varied’, insert ‘, removed’.

 



 
 

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Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

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Page  19,  line  7,  leave out Clause 39.

 


 

Mr Andrew Dismore

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

12

 

Page  20,  line  5  [Clause  41],  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

 

Mr Andrew Dismore

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

13

 

Page  20,  line  6  [Clause  41],  leave out ‘NHS’ and insert ‘health care and social’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

107

 

Page  20,  line  6  [Clause  41],  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Statements of standards shall have reference to the NHS Core Principles.’.

 


 

Mr Andrew Dismore

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

6

 

Page  21,  line  2  [Clause  42],  after ‘quality’, insert ‘including, without limitation,

 

respect for the rights of any person’.

 


 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

108

 

Page  25,  line  21  [Clause  50],  leave out ‘Commission’ and insert ‘Independent

 

Regulator of Foundation Trusts’.


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 18th February 2008                

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Health and Social Care Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

109

 

Page  25,  line  36  [Clause  50],  leave out ‘Commission’ and insert ‘Independent

 

Regulator of Foundation Trusts’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

98

 

Page  25,  line  42  [Clause  50],  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

The Commission shall undertake a review not less than three and not more than

 

five years after its establishment to compare the former functions of and work

 

undertaken by the Healthcare Commission, the Commission for Social Care

 

Inspection and the Mental Health Act Commission with the functions of and the

 

work undertaken by the Commission.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

95

 

Page  25,  line  43  [Clause  50],  leave out ‘Commission’ and insert ‘Independent

 

Regulator of Foundation Trusts’.

 


 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

96

 

Page  26,  line  6  [Clause  51],  leave out ‘Commission’ and insert ‘Independent

 

Regulator of Foundation Trusts’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

97

 

Page  26,  line  8  [Clause  51],  leave out ‘Commission’ and insert ‘Independent


 
 

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Regulator of Foundation Trusts’.

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

65

 

Page  28,  line  23  [Clause  57],  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Sandra Gidley

 

Greg Mulholland

 

142

 

Page  28,  line  26  [Clause  57],  at end insert—

 

‘(5)    

The Secretary of State may, after consulting the Commission, by regulations

 

make provision specifying conditions which would result in additional

 

inspections for the purposes of the Commission’s functions under Chapter 2.’.

 


 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

99

 

Page  32,  line  8  [Clause  64],  at end insert—

 

‘(7A)    

The Secretary of State shall report annually to Parliament on the burden of

 

regulation imposed by regulatory authorities prescribed in this section.’.

 


 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

140

 

Page  34,  line  24  [Clause  71],  after ‘published’, insert ‘within two weeks of its

 

completion’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Anne Milton

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Mark Simmonds

 

Mike Penning

 

Jeremy Wright

 

100

 

Page  34,  line  26  [Clause  71],  leave out from ‘make’ to end and insert ‘delaying


 
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