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| Schedule 1, page 222, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | Any person removed under the terms of sub-paragraph 4(3) has the right of appeal |
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| | to the Tier 1 Tribunal.’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 222, line 15, at end insert ‘with the agreement of the Board |
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| Schedule 1, page 222, leave out lines 16 and 17 and insert— |
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| | ‘(5) | A person shall be appointed as a non-executive member for a period of 4 years.’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 223, leave out lines 27 to 31. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 223, line 31, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4) | The remuneration, payments and compensations in sub-paragraphs (1), (2) and |
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| | (3) shall be subject to scrutiny by Parliament, by whatever method it may |
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| | Schedule 1, page 223, line 34, at end insert ‘except that the total number of |
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| employees shall not exceed 10,000.’. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 224, line 2, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(5) | Where staff are transferred to the Board, they will retain their remuneration, |
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| | Schedule 1, page 224, line 2, at end insert— |
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| | (1) | Where the Board enters into a contractual arrangement to exercise its functions |
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| | with a person other than its members, members of its committees or sub- |
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| | committee, or its employees, it shall include provision in the contract that |
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| | applies the duties of the Board under— |
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| | (a) | the Freedom of Information Act 2000; |
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| | (b) | the Equality Act 2010; and |
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| | (c) | any requirements, directions or Regulations from the Secretary of |
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| | State relating to remuneration of employees or publication of |
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| | prescribed information relating to the remuneration of employees |
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| | | to that person in so far as they are exercising the functions of the Board or |
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| | assisting the Board in the exercise of its functions. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State may issue guidance on the Board’s duty under (1).’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 224, line 5, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | The Board must appoint a committee whose remit includes consideration of and, |
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| | where appropriate, the discharge of the Board’s duty under section 13I (duty to |
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| | Schedule 1, page 224, line 7, at end insert ‘but may not include persons who are |
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| providers of services that the Board commissions, or representatives of such persons.’. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 224, line 13, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4) | The membership and function of each committee shall be published. |
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| | (5) | The dates and agendas of meetings shall be published before meetings, and |
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| | minutes recording decisions made shall be published after meetings.’. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 224, line 13, at end insert— |
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| | (1) | The Board shall make provision for dealing with conflicts of interests of |
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| | members of the Board, its committees or sub-committees, its employees, and |
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| | any person with which it has a contractual arrangement to exercise or assist its |
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| | exercise of its functions. |
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| | (2) | The provision shall include a register of interests. |
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| | (3) | The provision must be approved by the Secretary of State and laid before |
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| | Schedule 1, page 224, line 37, at end insert ‘but shall meet in public at least four |
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| times in each calendar year, and shall publish papers to be considered at meetings, and |
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| publish minutes listing all discussions and decisions made at all of its meetings.’. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 225, leave out line 4. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 225, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | The Secretary of State must require the Board to provide the Secretary of State |
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| | with such information necessary to answer Written Parliamentary Questions |
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| | that are relevant to the exercise of the Board’s functions.’. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 225, line 13, at end insert— |
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| | 15 (1) | The Board must respond in writing to any recommendation about its exercise |
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| | of its functions that a Committee of either House of Parliament or a Committee |
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| | (2) | Members of the Board must attend a meeting of any Committee of either |
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| | House of Parliament or a Committee of both Houses that requests their |
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| | (3) | Each House may by resolution determine any further method of scrutiny of the |
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| Schedule 1, page 226, line 24, leave out ‘if the Secretary of State so directs’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 226, line 26, leave out ‘if the Secretary of State so directs’. |
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| Clause 6, page 4, line 3, leave out ‘commissioning consortia’ and insert ‘primary |
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| Clause 6, page 4, line 4, leave out ‘commissioning consortia’ and insert ‘primary |
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| Clause 6, page 4, line 5, leave out ‘commissioning consortia’ and insert ‘primary |
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| Clause 6, page 4, line 7, leave out ‘commissioning consortium’ and insert ‘primary |
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| Clause 6, page 4, line 9, at end add— |
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| | ‘(3) | In exercising functions in relation to the health service, the commissioning |
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| | consortia must have regard to the need to reduce inequalities between the people |
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| | of England with respect to the benefits that they can obtain from the health |
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| | ‘(c) | consult the Chief Medical Officer and local Medical Directors of public |
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| | health and have regard to their advice.’. |
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| considers appropriate’ and replace with ‘must take appropriate steps’. |
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| Clause 8, page 5, line 9, at end add ‘where the Secretary of State, after consulting |
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| with local authorities, is satisfied that such steps are more appropriate at national rather |
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| Clause 8, page 5, line 9, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2A) | The Secretary of State must identify funding to be passed to local authorities for |
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| | the purposes of taking steps under subsection (1). |
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| | (2B) | Such funding passed to local authorities may only be spent on activities consistent |
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| Clause 8, page 5, line 25, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(h) | supporting research into the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of |
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| Clause 8, page 5, line 28, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4A) | Where these functions are exercised by a county council, the county council shall |
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| | consult any relevant district councils in its area about how best to exercise its |
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| | functions under this part of the Act.’. |
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| Clause 8, page 5, line 31, leave out from ‘England’ to end of line 32. |
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| Clause 8, page 5, line 35, at end add— |
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| | ‘(6) | In exercising these functions the Secretary of State and local authorities must |
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| | consult relevant local Directors of Public Health and the Chief Medical Officer |
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| | and have regard to their advice.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 6, line 4, at end insert ‘, reside in the area covered by the consortium |
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| or are visiting the area.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 6, line 7, after ‘who’, insert ‘— |
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| | (a) | were provided with primary medical services by a person who is or was |
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| Clause 9, page 6, line 8, at end insert ‘including persons living in the area covered |
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| Clause 9, page 6, line 16, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4A) | In exercising their duties under this section consortia must act with regard to the |
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| | relevant Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and Health and Wellbeing |
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| Clause 10, page 6, line 25, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’. |
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| Clause 10, page 6, line 31, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(c) | in exercising its powers under (a) and (b) the consortium must take into |
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| | account the NHS Constitution and the appropriate Joint Strategic Needs |
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| Clause 10, page 6, line 36, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4) | In exercising their functions under this part of the Act commissioning consortia |
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| | shall have regard to relevant Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and relevant |
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| | Health and Wellbeing strategies approved by relevant Health and Wellbeing |
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| Clause 11, page 7, leave out line 7. |
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| Clause 11, page 7, line 14, leave out from second ‘the’ to end of line 16 and insert |
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| ‘provision of the service to be arranged at a national level rather than a local level’. |
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