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Public Bill Committee: 1 March 2011

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Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

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Clause  22,  page  30,  line  31,  at end insert—

‘14NA

Duties as to integration and collaboration

(1)	Each commissioning consortium must, in the exercise of its functions, cooperate

with the NHS Board, other commissioning consortia and local authorities.

(2)	In arranging for the provision of services, each commissioning consortium must

act with a view to encouraging providers of health services to cooperate with

other providers of health services, commissioning consortia, local authorities and

the Board.’.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

139

Clause  22,  page  30,  line  31,  at end insert—

‘(b)	in this section “Public” means people or groups of people who receive

services or may receive services.’.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

140

Clause  22,  page  30,  line  36,  at end insert ‘and from persons with professional

expertise in patient and public involvement and review and scrutiny.’.

Emily Thornberry

159

Clause  22,  page  30,  line  36,  at end insert—

‘14OA

Duty to consult staff

(1)	Each commissioning consortium must have regard to the NHS Constitution, as

legislated for in section 1 of the Health Act 2009, including the reponsibility to

engage staff in the exercise of its functions and to engage staff on changes that

may affect their working practices.

(2)	Each commissioning consortium must publish a staff engagement strategy in

relation to commissioning, including—

(a)	developing and implementing commissioning strategies;

(b)	reviewing services and care pathways;

(c)	developing service specifications;

(d)	procurement of services.

(3)	Each commissioning consortium must engage regularly with staff representatives

through local or regional Social Partnership Forums, or similar bodies, or any

successor bodies.

14OB	Duty to work in partnership

Each commissioning consortium must seek to work in partnership with

employers and staff side representatives in implementing new contracts,

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particularly where this would involve transfers or other changes that could affect

working practices.’.

Emily Thornberry

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Clause  22,  page  30,  line  43,  leave out from second ‘are’ to end of line 44.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

141

Clause  22,  page  31,  line  19,  at end insert—

‘(7)	Consortia must have regard to the outcomes resulting from arrangements made

under subsection (2) when exercising their functions.’.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

142

Clause  22,  page  31,  line  19,  at end insert—

‘(7)	Where a local authority is exercising its powers in respect of section 175 of this

Act, whether through an overview and scrutiny committee or otherwise, consortia

shall include in their arrangements under subsection (2) for the local authority to

be consulted, through an overview and scrutiny committee or otherwise, in

relation to matters in paragraphs 2(a) to (c).’.

Mr Simon Burns

94

Clause  22,  page  32,  line  20,  after ‘grant’, insert ‘or loan’.

Mr Simon Burns

95

Clause  22,  page  33,  leave out lines 12 to 14.

Emily Thornberry

171

Clause  22,  page  33,  line  15,  after ‘consult’, insert ‘representatives of

commissioning consortia and’.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

143

Clause  22,  page  33,  leave out lines 15 to 19 and insert—

‘(4)	The Board must consult, and have regard to the views of, the Healthwatch

England committee of the Care Quality Commission and other bodies and

persons with professional expertise relating to patient and public involvement and

review and scrutiny.’.

Mr Simon Burns

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Clause  22,  page  34,  line  5,  leave out ‘each financial year, each’ and insert ‘each

relevant period, a’.

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Mr Simon Burns

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Clause  22,  page  34,  line  7,  leave out ‘year’ and insert ‘period’.

Mr Simon Burns

98

Clause  22,  page  34,  line  7,  at end insert—

‘( )	In subsection (1), “relevant period”, in relation to a commissioning consortium,

means—

(a)	the period which —

(i)	begins on such day during the first financial year of the

consortium as the Board may direct, and

(ii)	ends at the end of that financial year, and

(b)	each subsequent financial year.’.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

144

Clause  22,  page  34,  line  10,  after ‘14L’, insert ‘and 14P’.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

145

Clause  22,  page  34,  line  21,  at end insert—

‘(aa)

a Health and Wellbeing Board must have regard to the views of a relevant

overview and scrutiny committee for its area (where operated) when

preparing to give its opinion on consortia commissioning plans.’.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

146

Clause  22,  page  34,  line  23,  after ‘opinion’, insert ‘and the views of any overview

and scrutiny committee.’.

Mr Simon Burns

99

Clause  22,  page  34,  line  31,  at end insert—

‘(8A)

The commissioning consortium may revise the plan.

(8B)	If the consortium proposes to revise the plan so as to make changes which it

considers significant, subsections (3), (4)(a) and (5) apply in relation to the

revision of the plan as they apply in relation to its preparation.

(8C)	If the consortium revises the plan so as to make changes which it considers

significant, subsections (4)(b) and (6) to (8) apply in relation to the revised plan

as they apply in relation to the plan.

(8D)	If the consortium revises the plan in any other way the consortium must—

(a)	publish a document setting out the changes it has made to the plan, and

(b)	give a copy of the document to the Board and each relevant Health and

Wellbeing Board.

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(8E)	The Board may publish guidance for commissioning consortia on the discharge

of their functions by virtue of subsections (8A) to (8D).

(8F)	A commissioning consortium must have regard to any guidance published by the

Board under subsection (8E).’.

Mr Simon Burns

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Clause  22,  page  34,  line  33,  leave out ‘established for an area which’ and insert

‘established by a local authority whose area’.

Mr Simon Burns

101

Clause  22,  page  34,  leave out lines 35 to 37.

Mr Simon Burns

102

Clause  22,  page  34,  line  39,  after ‘financial year’, insert ‘other than its first

financial year’.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

147

Clause  22,  page  35,  leave out lines 7 and 8 and insert—

‘(b)	make arrangements for the annual report to be drawn to the attention of

patients and the public and their representatives, including holding a

meeting or meetings for the purposes of presenting the report and for

receiving the views of patients and the public and their representatives on

the consortia’s assessment of how its functions have been discharged.’.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

148

Clause  22,  page  35,  line  17,  after ‘14L’, insert ‘and 14P’.

Mr Simon Burns

103

Clause  22,  page  35,  leave out lines 26 to 28.

Liz Kendall

Derek Twigg

Emily Thornberry

177

Clause  22,  page  37,  leave out line 8.

Mr Simon Burns

104

Clause  22,  page  38,  line  24,  leave out from ‘if’ to end of line 25 and insert ‘its area

coincides with, or includes the whole or any part of, the area of the consortium’.

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Mr Simon Burns

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Clause  22,  page  39,  line  11,  after ‘Chapter,’ insert ‘—

“financial year”, in relation to a commissioning consortium, includes the

period which begins on the day the consortium is established and ends on

the following 31 March;’.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

128

Clause  179,  page  152,  line  29,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

A Health and Wellbeing Board must, for the purposes of advancing the health and

wellbeing of the people in its area, ensure that commissioners and providers of

health care services for the purposes of the NHS cooperate with other providers

of health care services, commissioning consortia, local authorities and the

National Health Service Commissioning Board.

(1B)	If a Health and Wellbeing Board finds that a licensed provider of health services

for the purposes of the NHS is failing in its duty to cooperate with other providers

of health services for the purposes of the NHS, commissioning consortia, local

authorities and the National Health Service Commissioning Board, it shall refer

the matter to Monitor for consideration.’.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

125

Clause  54,  page  64,  line  3,  at end insert—

‘(ea)

the need for commissioners of health care services to cooperate with one

another with respect to section 72 of the National Health Service Act

2006 and with providers of health services for the purposes of the NHS

to ensure that providers of health services cooperate with other providers

of health care services, commissioning consortia, local authorities and

the National Health Service Commissioning Board,’.

Emily Thornberry

166

Clause  54,  page  64,  line  22,  at end insert—

‘(m)	the future workforce needs to staff health services for the purposes of the

NHS, and the necessity to train and ensure the continual professional

development of that workforce.’.

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Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

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Clause  82,  page  80,  line  32,  at end insert—

‘(2)	If a provider of health services for the purposes of the NHS is referred by the

National Health Service Commissioning Board with respect to subsection (1D)

of section 13J of the National Health Service Act 2006, Monitor shall investigate

with respect to the provider’s licence.’.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

127

Clause  90,  page  84,  line  26,  at end insert—

‘(ca)

requiring the licence holder to do, or not to do, specified things (or to do,

or not to do, specified things in a specified manner) in order to promote

cooperation in the provision of health care services for the purposes of

the NHS,’.

Emily Thornberry

167

Clause  90,  page  84,  line  47,  at end insert—

‘(ia)

requiring the licence holder, with respect to Monitor’s duty under section

54(m)—

(i)	to make such provision as Monitor deems necessary for staff

training, and

(ii)	to allow the easy transfer of staff between the licence holder and

other licence holders for the purposes of staff training.’.

Emily Thornberry

160

Clause  113,  page  102,  line  34,  at end insert—

‘(5A)

Schedule 9 makes provision for the transfer of employees.’.

Emily Thornberry

161

Clause  117,  page  106,  line  21,  at end insert—

‘(e)	for the transfer of staff from an NHS foundation trust or company subject

to a health special administration order to another license holder.’.

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Emily Thornberry

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Clause  117,  page  106,  line  21,  at end insert—

‘(4)	Any regulations made under this section for staff transfer schemes shall make

provision which is the same or similar to the TUPE regulations.

(5)	In this section, “TUPE regulations” means the Transfer of Undertakings

(Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (S2006/246).’.

Emily Thornberry

163

Clause  136,  page  117,  line  40,  at end insert—

‘(c)	to consult with the staff of the NHS foundation trust and their

representatives on transfers of staff, implementation of new contracts or

other changes that could affect working practices.’.

Emily Thornberry

164

Clause  137,  page  118,  line  33,  at end insert ‘The board of directors must consult

with the staff of the NHS foundation trust and their representatives on transfers of staff,

implementation of new contracts, or other changes that could affect working practices.’.

New Clause

Public Health England

Emily Thornberry

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	After section 1C of the National Health Service Act 2006 insert—

“Public Health England

1D	Public Health England and its functions

(1)	There is a body to be known as Public Health England (“PHE”).

(2)	The PHE shall exercise such functions of the Secretary of State under this

Act as may be prescribed.

(3)	The Secretary of State may make regulations in relation to PHE about—

(a)	its status;

(b)	its membership and its members;

(c)	its staff;

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