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| | Duty to have regard to the Social Care Constitution |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Any person providing social care under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. |
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| | 14) must have regard to the Social Care Constitution.’. |
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| | Availability and review of the Social Care Constitution |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must ensure that the Social Care Constitution continues to |
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| | be available to service users, staff and members of the public. |
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| | (2) | At least once in any period of 10 years the Secretary of State must carry out a |
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| | review of the Social Care Constitution (referred to in this Chapter as a “10 year |
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| | (3) | The following must be consulted about the Social Care Constitution on a 10 year |
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| | (a) | service users and bodies or other persons representing service users, |
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| | (b) | staff and bodies or other persons representing staff of service providers, |
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| | (e) | members of the public, and |
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| | (f) | such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. |
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| | (4) | The first 10 year review must be completed not later than 5 July 2018. |
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| | “carers” has the meaning it has in section 5(4) of the Health and Social Care |
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| | “service users” has the meaning it has in section 5(4) of the Health and |
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| | Social Care Act 2008(c. 14); |
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| | “service providers” has the meaning it has in the Health and Social Care Act |
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| | (a) | persons employed by a body listed in section 2(2) or otherwise |
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| | working for such a body (whether as or on behalf of a contractor, |
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| | as a volunteer or otherwise) in, or in connection with, the |
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| | provision, commissioning or regulation of NHS services; |
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| | (b) | persons employed by a person listed in subsection (4) or (5) of |
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| | section 2 or otherwise working for such a person (whether as or |
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| | on behalf of a contractor, as a volunteer or otherwise) in, or in |
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| | connection with, the provision of services or assistance or the |
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| | making of arrangements as mentioned in the subsection in |
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| | (6) | For the purposes of subsection (3), each of the following is a local authority— |
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| | (a) | a county council in England; |
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| | (b) | a district council in England, other than a council for a district in a county |
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| | for which there is a county council; |
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| | (c) | a London borough council; |
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| | (d) | the Common Council of the City of London; |
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| | (e) | the Council of the Isles of Scilly.’. |
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| Clause 8, page 5, line 33, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | The Secretary of State must undertake appropriate consultation with appropriate |
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| | bodies listed under, but not limited to, subsections (2) and (3) before requiring |
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| | them by regulation to publish in respect of each reporting period a document |
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| | containing prescribed information relevant to the quality of services.’. |
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| | Notification to Parliament of the impact of quality accounts |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State shall make a statement to Parliament no later than 3 years |
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| | after the coming into force of this Part regarding the impact of quality accounts. |
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| | (2) | This statement shall address the demand for quality accounts from patients and |
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| | members of the public, the improvements that quality accounts have brought |
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| | about as provider organisations focus on quality improvement, and the way that |
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| | quality accounts reflect the healthcare needs of patients servied by the bodies |
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| | listed in Clause 8, subsections (2) and (3).’. |
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| Clause 8, page 5, line 27, after ‘containing’, insert ‘(but not limited to)’. |
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| Clause 9, page 6, line 6, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | In subsection (4) “to make the document available” includes in particular— |
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| | (a) | to publish electronically and in paper form; |
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| | (b) | to take reasonable and appropriate steps to ensure that patients and the |
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| | public are informed of the manner in which they may access the |
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| | (c) | to take reasonable and appropriate steps to make the document readily |
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| | accessible to patients and the public.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 6, line 6, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | A document (whether in whole or in part and whether alone or jointly with others) |
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| | made available to the public by the Secretary of State must be accompanied by |
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| | such information as may be recommended to the Secretary of State by the |
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| | National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence with a view to enabling the |
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| | public to assess the document’s contents by reference to relevant and meaningful |
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| | standards of comparison.’. |
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| | Cross border pharmaceutical services |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘After paragraph 13 of schedule 1 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act |
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| | “Cross border pharmaceutical services |
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| | (14) | The Welsh Ministers must ensure that residents of England registered |
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| | with Welsh general practices receive the same access to pharmaceutical |
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| | services as residents of England registered with English general |
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| | (15) | The Secretary of State may issue guidance on the representation of |
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| | English residents registered with Welsh general practices by Members of |
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| | Parliament to Welsh Ministers.”’. |
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| Clause 8, page 5, leave out paragraph (c). |
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| Clause 9, page 6, line 19, leave out ‘2’ and insert ‘3’. |
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| Clause 35, page 33, line 23, after ‘enable’ insert ‘any’. |
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| Clause 9, page 6, line 6, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4A) | In subsection (4) “to make the document available” includes in particular taking |
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| | reasonable steps to ensure that the document is alternatively available in the |
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| | appropriate form for any person that may have difficulty accessing an electronic |
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| Clause 9, page 6, line 6, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4A) | A document (whether in whole or in part and whether alone or jointly with others) |
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| | made available to the public by the Secretary of State shall contain information |
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| | about the, choice of services available to patients.’. |
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| | Evaluation of quality accounts |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State shall make a statement to Parliament no later than 4 years |
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| | after the coming into force of this Part regarding the impact of quality accounts. |
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| | (2) | This statement shall examine the way quality accounts reflect the demographic, |
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| | social, economic and geographical areas served by the bodies listed in Clause 8, |
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| | subsections (2) and (3).’. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 8, at end insert— |
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| | (j) | any other organisations providing NHS services.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 3, line 3, after ‘public’, insert ‘in formats accesible to people with |
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| Clause 3, page 3, line 4, leave out subsection (2) and insert— |
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| | ‘(2) | A review of the NHS Constitution shall be carried out on the anniversary of its |
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| | first year of operation by the Secretary of State and at least once in any period if |
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| | 10 years thereafter (referred to in this Chapter as a “10 year review”).’. |
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| Clause 3, page 3, line 14, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(fa) | local involvement networks,’. |
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| Clause 5, page 4, line 17, at end insert ‘, including in formats accessible to people |
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| Clause 8, page 5, line 28, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | When required, bodies listed in subsection (2) must provide information for |
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| | injury data collection on the causes of injuries for patients admitted.’. |
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| Clause 11, page 7, line 34, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(aa) | as to whether a patient wishes to use direct payments as a means of |
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| Clause 11, page 9, line 14, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4A) | The regulations must make provision that the pilot schemes are fully completed |
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| | before a recommendation is laid before Parliament.’. |
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| Clause 11, page 9, line 17, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(aa) | for a review to be carried out that involves patients, staff, voluntary |
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| | organisations and representative bodies.’. |
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| | Charges to overseas visitors |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989 |
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| | (S.I. 1989/306) are amended as follows— |
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| | (2) | In regulations 4, paragraph (c) after the second “Kingdom”, insert “or under the |
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| | Human Rights Convention, whether or not such application has been decided.” |
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| | (3) | In regulation 4, paragraph (1), sub-paragraph (c), leave out “which has not yet |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would end the current situation where refused asylum seekers can be denied sec |
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| | ondary healthcare unless they can pay for it. |
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| Clause 11, page 9, line 33, leave out lines 33 and 34. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | This section applies to information provided by the National Health Service to |
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| | patients or members of the public. |
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| | (2) | Information to which this section applies shall be made available in a manner |
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| | which is accessible to people with disabilities. |
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| | (3) | Each NHS trust shall publish annually, as part of their reporting on their |
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| | Disability Equality Duty obligations, details of the number of documents they |
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| | have provided to disabled people in formats other than standard print.’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | The new Clause would ensure that information in the NHS would be provided in accessible for |
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| | mats, in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and Disability Equality Duty. |
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| Clause 8, page 5, line 28, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | The regulations may specify that the information relevant to the quality of NHS |
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| | services is to be published within the annual reports of NHS Trusts and, subject |
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| | to the direction of the Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts, within |
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| | the annual reports of NHS Foundation Trusts.’. |
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| Clause 26, page 28, line 37, at beginning insert ‘pharmaceutical’. |
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| Clause 26, page 28, line 37, after first ‘the’, insert ‘pharmaceutical’. |
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