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Notices of Amendments: 12 June 2009
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Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

21

Clause  19,  page  23,  line  15,  at end insert—

‘(1)
The Secretary of State may issue guidance on the suspension of NHS and other

health appointments. These may include—

(a)
details of appeals processes for suspended appointees; and

(b)
details of parliamentary accountability.’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

22

Schedule  3,  page  42,  line  13,  after Ministers’, insert ‘after consultation’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

23

Schedule  3,  page  43,  line  9,  at end insert—

‘(9)
The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for compensation if the

suspension is revoked under section 8(a).’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

24

Schedule  3,  page  44,  line  42,  at end insert—

    ‘(9)
The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for compensation if

the suspension is revoked under section 7(a).’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

25

Schedule  3,  page  44,  line  42,  at end insert—

    ‘(9)
Where a person is suspended under paragraph 5(5)(c), the Secretary of State

shall make a statement to Parliament.’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

27

Schedule  3,  page  47,  leave out lines 14 to 16 and insert ‘the Commission must have

regard to the Secretary of State’s advice regarding the appointment of the vice-chairman’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

26

Schedule  3,  page  47,  line  19,  at end insert—

‘(c)
make provision about the appointment of new non-executives, and of

one as vice-chairman in the event that all non-executives are

suspended.’.

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Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

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Schedule  3,  page  47,  line  22,  leave out ‘for paragraph 9(d) substitute’ and insert ‘at

end of paragraph 9(d) insert’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

29

Schedule  3,  page  47,  line  26,  leave out ‘for paragraph 5(d) substitute’ and insert ‘at

end of paragraph 5(d) insert’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

30

Schedule  3,  page  47,  line  35,  at end insert—

    ‘(3)
Where a person is suspended under paragraph 2(2)(c), the Secretary of State

shall make a statement to Parliament.’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

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Schedule  3,  page  47,  line  35,  at end insert—

‘(d)
In assessing whether there are or may be grounds to remove him from

office under paragraph (b) the Secretary of State may consult—

(i)
the Care Quality Commission;

(ii)
Strategic Health Authorities; and

(iii)
the Audit Commission’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

31

Schedule  3,  page  48,  line  10,  leave out from ‘so’ to the end of line 12.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

32

Schedule  3,  page  49,  line  35,  after ‘appointed’, insert ‘and an offence committed’.

Mike Penning

Mr Stephen O’Brien

89

Clause  21,  page  24,  line  16,  leave out ‘requested’.

Notices of Amendments: 12 June 2009
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Mike Penning

Mr Stephen O’Brien

90

Page  23,  line  31,  leave out Clause 21.

Mike Penning

Mr Stephen O’Brien

91

Clause  22,  page  26,  line  3,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

Mike Penning

Mr Stephen O’Brien

103

Clause  22,  page  26,  leave out lines 9 and 10.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

34

Clause  25,  page  28,  line  6,  after ‘area’, insert ‘including an assessment of local

needs for the services of dispensing doctors.’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

35

Clause  25,  page  28,  line  9,  at end insert—

‘(za)
placing a duty on primary care trusts to consult patients, Local

Involvement Networks and members of the public on local needs for

pharmaceutical services.’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

33

Clause  25,  page  28,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘(e)
requiring the Secretary of State to implement pilot schemes for primary

care trusts in carrying out pharmaceutical needs assessments before they

are rolled out nationally; and for those pilot schemes to be evaluated 12

months after they commence.’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

145


Clause  25,  page  28,  line  24,  after ‘assessment’, insert—

‘(e)
provide for appeals to the Secretary of State or a body in relation to the

content of the statement made by PCTs.’.

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Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

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Clause  25,  page  28,  line  24,  at end insert—

‘(e)
as to differing assessment criteria for urban and rural needs.’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

175


Clause  26,  page  28,  line  37,  at beginning insert ‘pharmaceutical’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

176


Clause  26,  page  28,  line  37,  after first ‘the’, insert ‘pharmaceutical’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

147


Clause  26,  page  29,  line  5,  after ‘application’, insert ‘including a duty for Primary

Care Trusts to consult patients on the decision to grant the application’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

36

Clause  26,  page  29,  line  5,  at end insert—

‘(aa)
the terms by which an applicant to the pharmaceutical list is deemed to

be compliant with the adoption of a computer system accredited with the

Electronic Prescription Service.’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

37

Clause  26,  page  29,  line  8,  at end insert ‘including the impact that granting an

appliction would have on existing services.’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

133


Clause  28,  page  30,  line  12,  after ‘period’, insert ‘and in consultation with the

professional and regulatory bodies for pharmacists.’.

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Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

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Clause  29,  page  31,  line  7,  leave out ‘prescribed circumstances’ and insert

‘accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary of State’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

151


Clause  29,  page  31,  line  7,  at end insert—

‘(2C)
The regulations under this section must make provision—

(a)
as to the circumstances under which a Primary Care Trust may provide

local pharmaceutical services.

(b)
as to a duty placed on Primary Care Trusts to report any plan to provide

such services to the Secretary of State.’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

134


Clause  31,  page  31,  line  36,  after ‘period’, insert ‘and in consultation with the

professional and regulatory bodies for pharmacists in Wales’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

40

Clause  33,  page  32,  line  32,  leave out ‘adult’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

41

Schedule  5,  page  53,  line  12,  leave out ‘adult’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

138


Schedule  5,  page  53,  line  13,  leave out ‘adult’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

42

Schedule  5,  page  53,  line  14,  leave out from ‘interpretation’ to second ‘social’ and

insert ‘social care provider” and’.

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Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

43

Schedule  5,  page  53,  line  16,  leave out ‘adult’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

63

Schedule  5,  page  53,  line  17,  leave out from ‘2008’ to end of line 18.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

44

Schedule  5,  page  53,  line  19,  leave out ‘adult’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

45

Schedule  5,  page  53,  line  21,  leave out ‘adult’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

104


Schedule  5,  page  53,  leave out lines 25 to 35.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

46

Schedule  5,  page  53,  line  25,  leave out ‘adult’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

47

Schedule  5,  page  53,  line  30,  leave out ‘adult’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

48

Schedule  5,  page  53,  line  32,  leave out ‘adult’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

49

Schedule  5,  page  54,  line  1,  leave out ‘adult’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

50

Schedule  5,  page  54,  line  2,  leave out ‘adult’.

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Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

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Schedule  5,  page  54,  line  4,  leave out ‘not’ and insert ‘choose not to’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

51

Schedule  5,  page  54,  line  17,  leave out ‘adult’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

52

Schedule  5,  page  54,  line  32,  leave out ‘adult’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

65

Schedule  5,  page  54,  line  37,  leave out from beginning of line to ‘amend’ and insert

‘The Secretary of State may by regulations’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

66

Schedule  5,  page  54,  line  39,  leave out from beginning of line to ‘made’ and insert

‘A regulation’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

144


Schedule  5,  page  54,  line  40,  leave out from ‘(10)’ to end of line 41 and insert ‘may

not be made unless a draft of the Instrument has been laid before and approved by a

resolution of each House of Parliament.’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

67

Schedule  5,  page  55,  leave out line 6 and insert—

‘(a)
a person who has power of attorney for D’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

68

Schedule  5,  page  55,  line  14,  leave out ‘12’ and insert ‘36’.

Mr Stephen O’Brien

Mike Penning

69

Schedule  5,  page  55,  line  26,  at end insert—

    ‘(4)
Where the Local Commissioner chooses not to disapply, he must write to the

complainant giving reasons for his decision.’.