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House of Commons

 
 

Thursday 18 June 2009

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Health Bill [Lords]


 

[Third and Fourth Sittings]


 

Mike Penning

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Withdrawn  87

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  6,  after ‘containing’, insert ‘(but not limited to)’.

 

Mike Penning

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Withdrawn  159

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  24,  leave out paragraph (c).

 

Mike Penning

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Withdrawn  88

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  26,  after ‘publish’, insert ‘(electronically and in paper form)’.

 

Mike Penning

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Not called  156

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  27,  after ‘containing’, insert ‘(but not limited to)’.

 

Sandra Gidley

 

Dr John Pugh

 

Not called  169

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  28,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

When required, bodies listed in subsection (2) must provide information for

 

injury data collection on the causes of injuries for patients admitted.’.

 

Mike Penning

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Not called  174

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  28,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

The regulations may specify that the information relevant to the quality of NHS

 

services is to be published within the annual reports of NHS Trusts and, subject

 

to the direction of the Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts, within

 

the annual reports of NHS Foundation Trusts.’.


 
 

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Health Bill-[ [], continued

 
 

Mike Penning

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Withdrawn  99

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  33,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

The Care Quality Commission shall, in a manner which the Secretary of State

 

shall prescribe, review and report on the accuracy and completeness of any

 

information contained in a document published in accordance with subsections

 

(1) and (3).’.

 

Mike Penning

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Withdrawn  155

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  33,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

The Secretary of State must undertake appropriate consultation with appropriate

 

bodies listed under, but not limited to, subsections (2) and (3) before requiring

 

them by regulation to publish in respect of each reporting period a document

 

containing prescribed information relevant to the quality of services.’.

 

Mike Penning

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Not called  100

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  34,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In this section to “publish” includes to make available to the public in paper form,

 

and by means of a website.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

Not called  120

 

Clause  9,  page  5,  line  41,  after ‘Authority’, insert ‘or a Local Involvement

 

Network’.

 

Mike Penning

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Withdrawn  92

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  4,  after first ‘State’, insert ‘and simultaneously laid before

 

Parliament’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

Not called  121

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  6,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

If a patient or member of the public notifies the provider of an error or omission

 

in a document published under that section, the Secretary of State must within 21

 

days make an amended document available to the public.’.

 

Mike Penning

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Not called  157

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  6,  at end insert—


 
 

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‘( )    

In subsection (4) “to make the document available” includes in particular—

 

(a)    

to publish electronically and in paper form;

 

(b)    

to take reasonable and appropriate steps to ensure that patients and the

 

public are informed of the manner in which they may access the

 

document;

 

(c)    

to take reasonable and appropriate steps to make the document readily

 

accessible to patients and the public.’.

 

Mike Penning

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Withdrawn  158

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  6,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

A document (whether in whole or in part and whether alone or jointly with others)

 

made available to the public by the Secretary of State must be accompanied by

 

such information as may be recommended to the Secretary of State by the

 

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence with a view to enabling the

 

public to assess the document’s contents by reference to relevant and meaningful

 

standards of comparison.’.

 

Mike Penning

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Not called  162

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  6,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

In subsection (4) “to make the document available” includes in particular taking

 

reasonable steps to ensure that the document is alternatively available in the

 

appropriate form for any person that may have difficulty accessing an electronic

 

or paper copy.’.

 

Mike Penning

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Withdrawn  163

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  6,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

A document (whether in whole or in part and whether alone or jointly with others)

 

made available to the public by the Secretary of State shall contain information

 

about the choice of services available to patients.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

Withdrawn  119

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  10,  at end insert—

 

‘(aa)    

as to the information technology that trusts will require to measure and

 

report on quality in the quality accounts;’.

 

Mike Penning

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Not called  160

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  19,  leave out ‘2’ and insert ‘3’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 18 June 2009            

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Health Bill-[ [], continued

 
 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

Withdrawn  122

 

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  34,  leave out ‘annulment’ and insert ‘approval’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

Withdrawn  186

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  7,  leave out ‘securing the provision to a patient of’ and

 

insert ‘enabling a patient to secure’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

Negatived on division  106

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  28,  at end insert—

 

‘(7)    

Health care provided in accordance with this section constitutes a function of a

 

public nature for the purposes of section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

Withdrawn  187

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  31,  at end insert—

 

‘(a)    

as to the balance of risk between the patient’s autonomy to use the direct

 

payment and the Secretary of State’s accountability for the appropriate

 

use of public funds.’.

 

Sandra Gidley

 

Dr John Pugh

 

Not called  170

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  34,  at end insert—

 

‘(aa)    

as to whether a patient wishes to use direct payments as a means of

 

obtaining health care;’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

Not called  15

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  5,  at end insert—

 

‘(fa)    

as to circumstances in which the patient might pay a carer with a direct

 

payment,’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

Not called  188

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  7,  after ‘payments’, insert ‘and the notice period required’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 18 June 2009            

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Health Bill-[ [], continued

 
 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

Not called  123

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

as to arrangements to be made where the patient exercises a direct

 

payment alongside a top-up.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

Not called  189

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

as regards the procurement of maternity services.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

Not called  124

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

as to the retention of savings made as a result of a direct payment by the

 

Primary Care Trust;

 

(m)    

as to the granting of money for direct payments to the Primary Care Trust

 

by the Secretary of State.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

Not called  125

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

as to the commissioning of emergency, urgent and intensive care with a

 

direct payment.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

Not called  126

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

as to the commissioning of palliative care with a direct payment.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

Not called  127

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

as to the responsibilities of the patient as an employer.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

Not called  128

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

as to the purchase of community services at tariff prices.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

Not called  129

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

as to the use of direct payments by prisoners.’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 18 June 2009            

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Health Bill-[ [], continued

 
 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

Not called  130

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

as to the use of direct payments to fund complementary therapies.’.

 

Mr Stephen O’Brien

 

Mike Penning

 

Not called  131

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

as to the use of direct payments to purchase care in from another health

 

system—

 

(a)    

in the United Kingdom;

 

(b)    

in the European Union’.

 

[Adjourned until Tuesday 23 June at 10.30 am.


 
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