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Here you can browse the Written Evidence ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 30 October 2008.

Written evidence

Health Committee

CONTENTS

Memorandum by the Department of Health (PS 01)

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Memorandum by Dr Jeffrey C McILwain (PS 02)

Memorandum by Professor Matt Griffiths (PS03)

Memorandum by the Medical Decision Making Research Group, The University of Birmingham (PS 04)

Memorandum by the Infant and Dietetic Foods Association (PS 05)

Memorandum by Patient Concern (PS 06)

Memorandum by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) (PS 07)

Annex 1: Patient safety and the role of HSE-the law and policy

Annex 2: Examples of patient safety prosecution cases

Memorandum by the National Concern for Healthcare Infections (PS 08)

Memorandum by the Medical Protection Society (MPS) (PS 09)

Appendix 1: Calls to MPS's medicolegal advice line

Appendix 2: Analysis of Clinical Risk Self Assessments (CRSAs) undertaken between 2004-2006

Memorandum by Patient Opinion (PS 10)

Annex

Memorandum by the Heath Service Ombudsman for England (PS 11)

Memorandum by the Royal College of Radiologists (PS 12)

Memorandum by Mencap (PS 13)

Memorandum by the General Dental Council (PS 14)

Memorandum by Lifeblood: The Thrombosis Charity (PS 15)

Memorandum by the Association of British Healthcare Industries (PS 16)

Annex A

Memorandum by Brian Capstick (PS 17)

Memorandum by Bayer Schering Pharma (PS 18)

Memorandum by the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH) (PS 19)

Memorandum by the British In Vitro Diagnostics Association (BIVDA) (PS 20)

Memorandum by The Health Foundation (PS 21)

Memorandum by Mr Arthur Briggs (PS 22)

Memorandum by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (PS 23)

Memorandum by the Clinical Human Factors Group (CHFG) (PS 24)

Memorandum by Guy Hirst and Trevor Dale (PS 25)

Memorandum by the Patient Liaison Group: Royal College of Surgeons England (PS 26)

Memorandum by Dr Richard FitzGerald (PS 27)

Memorandum by Christopher Wiltshir (PS 28)

Memorandum by MRSA Action UK (PS 29)

Memorandum by the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine (PS 30)

Memorandum by The Medical Technology Group (PS 31)

Memorandum by the NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) (PS 32)

Memorandum by Graham Tanner (PS 33)

Memorandum by the Quality, Reliability, Safety and Teamwork Unit, Oxford University (QRSTU) (PS 34)

Memorandum by Diabetes UK (PS 35)

Memorandum by Hospedia UK (PS 36)

Memorandum by PatientPak Ltd (PS 37)

Appendix 1:PatientPak: test data, scientific and technical information

Appendix 2: Declaration of NHS use

Appendix 3: PatientPak-contents

Memorandum by Dartex Coatings Ltd (PS 38)

Memorandum by the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) (PS 39)

Annex 1: National Patient Safety Agency Directions

Annex 2: Outputs from the National Patient Safety Agency since 2001

Annex 3: National Policy Recommendation

Annex 4: Definitions

Memorandum by Mind (National Association for Mental Health) (PS 40)

Memorandum by the Care Quality Commission (PS 41)

Memorandum by UNISON (PS 42)

Memorandum by the Medical Defence Union (PS 43)

Memorandum by the Royal College of Nursing (PS 44)

Memorandum by ARHAI (PS 45)

Memorandum by the British Institute of Radiology (PS 46)

Memorandum by Dr Liam O'Hara (PS 47)

Memorandum by GS1 (PS 48)

Memorandum by the Royal College of General Practitioners (PS 49)

Memorandum by the Patients Association (PS 50)

Memorandum by the Hepatitis C Trust (PS 51)

Memorandum by the Healthcare Commission (PS 52)

Appendix 1: The most common types of safety incidents reported to national organisations, and examples of the Healthcare Commission's related work

Appendix 2: Core standards for better health that relate to patient safety, and performance on them

Appendix 3: The Commission's findings in relation to key risks to safety

Appendix 4:Summary of potential safety-related benchmark indicators by sector

Appendix 5:Current reporting routes

Memorandum by Adrian Delemore (PS 53)

Memorandum by the Patient Involvement in Patient Safety Team, University of York (PS 54)

Memorandum by the Royal College of Midwives (PS55)

Memorandum by Action against Medical Accidents (PS 56)

Memorandum by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (PS 57)

Memorandum by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (PS 58)

Memorandum by IDIS (PS 59)

Memorandum by Baxter Healthcare (PS 60)

Memorandum by Independent Healthcare Advisory Services (IHAS) (PS 61)

Memorandum by the British Medical Association (PS 62)

Memorandum by the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI) (PS 63)

Memorandum by Bristol-Myers Squibb and sanofi-aventis (PS 64)

Memorandum by Monitor (PS 65)

Memorandum by the Royal College of Pathologists (PS 66)

Memorandum by the NHS Confederation (PS 67)

Memorandum by the Royal College of Psychiatrists (PS 68)

Memorandum by the Royal College of Surgeons of England (PS 69)

Memorandum by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (PS 70)

Memorandum by Stuart Emslie and John Step (PS 71)

Memorandum by the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (PS 72)

Memorandum by David Ringwood (PS 73)

Memorandum by the Royal College of Physicians (PS 74)

Memorandum by the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (PS 75)

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Prepared 30 October 2008