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Notices of Amendments: 17 March 2011                  

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Mr Simon Burns

 

601

 

Clause  221,  page  192,  line  21,  leave out ‘and’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

602

 

Clause  221,  page  192,  line  31,  after ‘any’, insert ‘public’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

603

 

Clause  221,  page  192,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘“public body” means a body or other person whose functions—

 

(a)    

are of a public nature, or

 

(b)    

include functions of that nature,

 

but, in the latter case, the body or person is a public body to the extent

 

only of those functions;’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

604

 

Clause  223,  page  193,  line  24,  after ‘provision’, insert ‘, or the facilitation of the

 

provision,’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

605

 

Clause  233,  page  196,  line  5,  at end insert—

 

‘(2)    

A statement of standards prepared and published by the Institute before

 

commencement is to be treated on and after commencement as if it were a quality

 

standard—

 

(a)    

prepared and published by NICE in accordance with section 218,

 

(b)    

endorsed under subsection (5) of that section, and

 

(c)    

in respect of which the transitional commissioner is the relevant

 

commissioner for the purposes of that section.

 

(3)    

Subsections (4) to (6) apply to a case where before commencement—

 

(a)    

the Secretary of State has referred a matter to the Institute for the purpose

 

of preparing and publishing a statement of standards, but

 

(b)    

the Institute has not published the statement.

 

(4)    

The referral by the Secretary of State to the Institute of the matter is to be treated

 

on and after commencement as if it were a direction given to NICE by the

 

transitional commissioner for the preparation of a quality standard in relation to

 

that matter under section 218(1); and the transitional commissioner is to be

 

treated as the relevant commissioner for the purposes of that section.

 

(5)    

Anything done by the Institute before commencement in relation to the matter is

 

to be treated on and after commencement as having been done by NICE in

 

pursuance of the direction.

 

(6)    

Consultation undertaken by the Institute before commencement in relation to the

 

matter is to be treated on and after commencement as if it were consultation by

 

NICE under section 218(3) in relation to the preparation of the quality standard.

 

(7)    

A procedure established by the Institute before commencement for the

 

preparation of statements of standards is to be treated on and after

 

commencement as if it were a procedure established by NICE in accordance with

 

section 218(7) for the preparation of quality standards.


 
 

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(8)    

For the purposes of this section “the transitional commissioner” is the Secretary

 

of State; but the Secretary of State, after consulting the Board, may direct that in

 

relation to a particular statement of standards or matter the transitional

 

commissioner is—

 

(a)    

the Board, or

 

(b)    

both the Secretary of State and the Board.

 

(9)    

In this section—

 

“commencement” means the commencement of section 218;

 

“the Institute” means the Special Health Authority known as the National

 

Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence;

 

“statement of standards” means a document containing advice to the

 

Secretary of State in relation to the quality of the provision of health care

 

prepared and published by the Institute pursuant to the directions given

 

to the Institute by the Secretary of State on 27 July 2009.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

606

 

Schedule  16,  page  331,  line  7,  at end insert—

 

‘National Assembly for Wales (Disqualification) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2969)

 

            

In Part 1 of the Schedule to the National Assembly for Wales

 

(Disqualification) Order 2010 (bodies of which the members are disqualified),

 

at the appropriate place insert—

 

    

“National Institute for Health and Care Excellence;”.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

607

 

Clause  277,  page  219,  line  15,  leave out ‘or by virtue of’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

608

 

Clause  280,  page  220,  line  16,  after ‘sections’, insert ‘46(1) and (3)’,.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

609

 

Clause  280,  page  220,  line  23,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

section 259(1) and (3) and Part 2 of Schedule 19 (abolition of the

 

Appointments Commission),’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

610

 

Clause  280,  page  220,  line  23,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

sections 274 and 275 (transfer schemes) insofar as they confer powers in

 

connection with the abolition of the Health Protection Agency;’.

 

The national tariff: further provision

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

NC16

 

To move the following Clause:—


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 17 March 2011                  

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‘(1)    

The ways in which a health care service may be specified in the national tariff

 

under section 104(1)(a) include in particular—

 

(a)    

specifying it by reference to its components,

 

(b)    

specifying it as a service (a “bundle”) that comprises two or more health

 

care services which together constitute a form of treatment,

 

(c)    

specifying it as a service in a group of standardised services.

 

(2)    

Where a service is specified in accordance with subsection (1)(a), the national

 

tariff must specify a national price for each component of the service.

 

(3)    

Where a service is specified in accordance with subsection (1)(b), the national

 

tariff must specify a national price for the bundle.

 

(4)    

Where a service is specified in accordance with subsection (1)(c), the national

 

tariff must specify a single price as the national price for each service in the group.

 

(5)    

Neither a component specified in accordance with subsection (1)(a) nor a service

 

comprised in a bundle specified in accordance with subsection (1)(b) is to be

 

treated for the purposes of this Part as a service capable of being provided

 

separately for the purposes of the NHS except—

 

(a)    

where the component, or the service comprised in the bundle, is specified

 

separately under subsection (1)(a) of section 104, or

 

(b)    

in accordance with rules under subsection (2) of that section.’.

 

Derek Twigg

 

611

 

Clause  102,  page  94,  leave out lines 15 to 20.

 

Derek Twigg

 

612

 

Clause  104,  page  94,  line  40,  at end insert ‘including how capital costs have been

 

taken into account’.

 

Derek Twigg

 

613

 

Clause  104,  page  95,  line  19,  at end insert—

 

‘(6A)    

A description for the purposes of subsection (6)(b) may not be framed by

 

reference to—

 

(a)    

whether the provider is in public or private ownership,

 

(b)    

whether the provider is an incumbent or new entrant, or

 

(c)    

some other aspect of the status of the provider.’.

 

Derek Twigg

 

614

 

Clause  104,  page  95,  line  19,  at end insert—

 

‘(6A)    

A description for the purposes of subsection (6)(b) may not be framed by

 

reference to the costs incurred by a provider in relation to—

 

(a)    

taxation, or

 

(b)    

access to the NHS pension scheme.’.

 

Derek Twigg

 

615

 

Clause  113,  page  102,  line  12,  at end insert ‘if Monitor so decides.’.


 
 

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Health and Social Care Bill, continued

 
 

Derek Twigg

 

616

 

Clause  113,  page  102,  line  35,  leave out ‘Before’ and insert ‘Whilst’.

 

Derek Twigg

 

617

 

Clause  113,  page  102,  line  36,  after ‘must’, insert ‘have regard to the need for early

 

intervention procedures and’.

 

Derek Twigg

 

618

 

Clause  115,  page  104,  line  21,  leave out ‘licence holder’ and insert ‘foundation

 

trust or the Secretary of State’.

 

Derek Twigg

 

619

 

Clause  115,  page  104,  line  24,  leave out ‘licence holders’ and insert ‘foundation

 

trusts or the Secretary of State’.

 

Derek Twigg

 

620

 

Clause  117,  page  106,  line  15,  leave out ‘to another licence holder’ and insert ‘to

 

either another NHS foundation trust or the Secretary of State’.

 

Derek Twigg

 

621

 

Clause  117,  page  106,  line  19,  at end insert ‘to another NHS foundation trust or the

 

Secretary of State’.

 

Derek Twigg

 

622

 

Clause  129,  page  113,  line  35,  leave out ‘a financial year’ and insert ‘the two

 

financial years immediately’.

 

Derek Twigg

 

623

 

Clause  148,  page  127,  leave out line 26.

 

Derek Twigg

 

624

 

Clause  150,  page  128,  leave out line 20.

 

Derek Twigg

 

625

 

Clause  151,  page  128,  line  31,  after ‘information’, insert ‘except patient

 

information’.

 

Derek Twigg

 

626

 

Clause  153,  page  129,  leave out line 24.


 
 

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Health and Social Care Bill, continued

 
 

Derek Twigg

 

627

 

Clause  153,  page  129,  line  33,  at end insert—

 

‘(8)    

National terms and conditions of NHS staff will be preserved.’.

 

Derek Twigg

 

628

 

Clause  154,  page  130,  line  13,  at end insert—

 

‘(6)    

National terms and conditions of NHS staff will be preserved.’.

 

Derek Twigg

 

629

 

Clause  155,  page  130,  line  34,  at end insert—

 

‘(6)    

National terms and conditions of NHS staff will be preserved.’.

 

Derek Twigg

 

630

 

Page  136,  line  33,  leave out Clause 164.

 


 
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