House of Commons Amendments

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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Thursday 24 February 2011

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s):

Health and Social Care Bill Committee 48-65

Public Bill Committee

Health and Social Care Bill

Derek Twigg

Emily Thornberry

Liz Kendall

108

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  9,  at end add ‘and Armed Forces veterans’.

Derek Twigg

Emily Thornberry

Liz Kendall

109

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  12,  leave out ‘may be prescribed’ and insert ‘set out in the

Specialised Services National Definitions Set.’.

Derek Twigg

Emily Thornberry

Liz Kendall

110

Clause  15,  page  11,  line  38,  at end insert—

‘(5)    

The Secretary of State shall issue a report annually to Parliament in respect of

directions he has issued to the Board or commissioning consortia.’.

Derek Twigg

Emily Thornberry

Liz Kendall

111

Clause  19,  page  14,  line  37,  at end insert ‘for approval by Parliament.’.

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Derek Twigg

Emily Thornberry

Liz Kendall

112

Clause  19,  page  16,  line  23,  after ‘of’, insert ‘physical and mental’.

Derek Twigg

Emily Thornberry

Liz Kendall

113

Clause  19,  page  17,  line  21,  at end insert—

‘(2)    

In discharging its duty under subsection (1), the board must make arrangements

with a view to securing that it obtains advice from—

(a)    

persons with professional expertise in the commissioning of cancer

services, and

(b)    

persons with professional expertise in the clinical delivery of cancer

services.’.

Derek Twigg

Emily Thornberry

Liz Kendall

114

Clause  19,  page  17,  line  21,  at end insert ‘including audiology and hearing loss

services’.

Derek Twigg

Emily Thornberry

Liz Kendall

115

Clause  19,  page  17,  line  27,  at end insert ‘insofar as making such payments does

not to any significant extent interfere with the performance by the Board of its functions.’.

Derek Twigg

Emily Thornberry

Liz Kendall

116

Clause  19,  page  18,  line  21,  after second ‘are’, insert ‘continuously.

Derek Twigg

Emily Thornberry

Liz Kendall

117

Clause  19,  page  18,  line  33,  at end insert—

‘(d)    

ensuring that reasonable adjustments are made so that the views of people

with any impairments or disabilities can also be sought in relation to

subsections (a) - (c).’.

Derek Twigg

Emily Thornberry

Liz Kendall

118

Clause  20,  page  23,  line  40,  at end insert—

‘(3)    

Any variations agreed shall be reported to Parliament.’.

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Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

119

Clause  19,  page  16,  line  39,  leave out ‘autonomy’ and insert ‘cooperation’.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

120

Clause  19,  page  16,  line  43,  leave out from ‘purposes’ to end of line 2 on page 17

and insert ‘must cooperate with other commissioners and providers of health services and

local authorities, with respect to their duties under Clause 179 of this Bill.’.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

121

Clause  19,  page  17,  leave out line 3.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

122

Clause  19,  page  17,  line  43,  after ‘with’, insert ‘other consortia and’.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

123

Clause  19,  page  17,  line  45,  at end insert—

‘(1A)    

In exercising its function of arranging for the provision of services for the

purposes of the heath service in England, the Board must act with a view to

encouraging providers of health services to cooperate with other providers of

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

authorities.

(1B)    

Where the duty in this section conflicts with the duty to promote autonomy as

specified in section 13E, the duty in this section shall be the primary duty.

(1C)    

Where the Board, its members, members of its committees or sub-committees, or

its employees, are acting in accordance with this duty, they shall not be regarded

as preventing, distorting or restricting competition for the purposes of section

2(1) of the Competition Act 1998 or Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning

of the European Union.

(1D)    

If the 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

Board, it shall refer the provider to Monitor under its powers under section 82.’.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

124

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

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‘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

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 NHS 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 Board,’.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

126

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

Board with respect to subsection (1D) of section 13J of the NHS 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

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 NHS

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 Board, it shall refer the matter to Monitor for consideration.’.

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Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

129

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘(ca)    

providing services or facilities designed to promote early diagnosis of

cancer;’.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

130

Clause  8,  page  5,  leave out lines 17 and 18.

Emily Thornberry

Derek Twigg

Liz Kendall

131

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  20,  after ‘their’, insert ‘employment’.