21 HEALTH
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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons
on 12 July 2010.
Members
Dorrell, Stephen (Chair)
Cooper, Rosie
Dorries, Mrs Nadine (discharged 27.6.11)
Fovargue, Yvonne (added 2.11.10; discharged 24.10.11)
George, Andrew
Keeley, Barbara (added 24.10.11)
Mactaggart, Fiona (discharged 2.11.10)
Morris, Grahame
Poulter, Dr Daniel (added 27.6.11)
Sharma, Mr Virendra
Skidmore, Chris
Tredinnick, David
Vaz, Valerie
Wollaston, Sarah
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
75 out of 76
65 out of 76
24 out of 43
20 out of 44
55 out of 76
17 out of 22
10 out of 10
51 out of 76
24 out of 33
42 out of 76
55 out of 76
63 out of 76
62 out of 76
68 out of 76
75.4 %
|
Total number of meetings:
| 76 |
Of which: |
|
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 50 |
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
Number of wholly private meetings
| 26 |
Staff
Details of the permanent staff of the Committee during
the Session can be found in the Committee's publications.
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor John Appleby, Professor James Buchan, Professor
Kieran Walshe, and Professor Gerald Wistow
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
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Number of appearances by:
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Cabinet Ministers | 6
|
Ministers (other than Cabinet Ministers)
| 4 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
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Department of Health |
21 |
Other departments, comprising:
| |
Cabinet Office | 1
|
Ministry of Justice |
1 |
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
| 1 |
Executive Agencies, comprising:
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Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
| 1 |
Public Bodies and non-Ministerial departments, comprising:
| |
Audit Commission | 1
|
Care Quality Commission (CQC)
| 3 |
Health Protection Agency (HPA)
| 1 |
Higher Education Funding Council for England
| 1 |
Law Commission | 1
|
Monitor (Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts)
| 2 |
National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA)
| 1 |
NHS Litigation Authority
| 1 |
Regulatory Bodies: |
|
General Medical Council
| 3 |
Nursing and Midwifery Council
| 2 |
Special Health Authorities:
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National Health Service (NHS)
| 6 |
Strategic Health Authorities, comprising:
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NHS East of England |
1 |
NHS South Central | 1
|
NHS South West | 1
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NHS Foundation Trusts, comprising:
| |
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
| 2 |
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| 1 |
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
| 1 |
NHS Trusts, comprising:
| |
Torbay Care Trust | 1
|
Appearances by other witnesses
| 148 |
Overseas Visits
None
Visits to European Institutions
None
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
14.12.10 | Hackney Commissioning Group
| Dorrell, Fovargue, George, Tredinnick, Vaz, Wollaston
| 1 | Inquiry into Commissioning
| Nil |
11-13.12.11 | Preston and Carlisle
| Dorrell, Morris, Poulter, Skidmore, Tredinnick, Vaz, Wollaston
| 2 | Inquiry into Social Care
| £2,561 |
15-16.1.12 | Torbay
| Dorrell, George, Morris, Skidmore, Vaz, Wollaston
| 2 | Inquiry into Social Care
| £1,387 |
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2010-12)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
First Report: Appointment of the Chair of the Care Quality Commission
| 461-I | 15.9.10
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: Appointment of the Chair of the Care Quality Commission
| 461-II | 28.3.12
| Not applicable |
Second Report: Public Expenditure
| 512 | 14.12.10
| Cm 8007, published 31.1.11
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Public Expenditure
| | 20.12.10
| Not applicable |
Third Report: Commissioning
| 513-I | 18.1.11
| Cm 8009, published 31.1.11
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Oral and Written Evidence: Commissioning
| 513-II | 21.1.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Commissioning
| | 21.1.11
| Not applicable |
Fourth Report: Revalidation of Doctors
| 557 | 8.2.11
| Cm 8028, published 29.3.11
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Revalidation of Doctors
| | 8.2.11
| Not applicable |
Fifth Report: Commissioning: further issues
| 796-I | 5.4.11
| Cm 8100, published 20.6.11
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Commissioning: further issues
| 796-II | 5.4.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Commissioning: further issues
| | 5.4.11
| Not applicable |
Sixth Report: Complaints and Litigation
| 786-I | 28.6.11
| Cm 8180, published 15.9.11
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Complaints and Litigation
| 786-II | 30.6.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Complaints and Litigation
| | 6.7.11
| Not applicable |
Seventh Report: Annual accountability hearing with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
| 1428 | 26.7.11
| HC 1699, published 7.3.12
|
Eighth Report: Annual accountability hearing with the General Medical Council
| 1429 | 26.7.11
| HC 1699, published 7.3.12
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Ninth Report: Annual accountability hearing with the Care Quality Commission
| 1430 | 14.9.11
| HC 1699, published 7.3.12
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Tenth Report: Annual accountability hearing with Monitor
| 1431 | 14.9.11
| HC 1699, published 7.3.12
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Eleventh Report: Appointment of the Chair of the NHS Commissioning Board
| 1562-I | 20.10.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: Appointment of the Chair of the NHS Commissioning Board
| 1562-II | 28.3.12
| Not applicable |
Twelfth Report: Public Health
| 1048-I | 2.11.11
| Cm 8290, published 7.2.12
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Public Health
| 1048-II | 2.11.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Public Health
| 1048-III | 29.11.11
| Not applicable |
Thirteenth Report: Public Expenditure
| 1499 | 24.1.12
| Cm 8283, published 27.2.12
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Public Expenditure
| 1499-II | 24.1.12
| Not applicable |
Fourteenth Report: Social Care
| 1583-I | 8.2.12
| Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: Social Care
| 1583-II | 8.2.12
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Social Care
| | 13.2.12
| Not applicable |
Fifteenth Report: Annual accountability hearings: responses and further issues
| 1699 | 7.3.12
| Not applicable |
Sixteenth Report: PIP Breast implants and regulation of cosmetic interventions
| 1816 | 28.3.12
| Cm 8351, published 14.5.12
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First Special Report: Revalidation of Doctors: General Medical Council's Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2010-11
| 1033 | 12.5.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: Report of the NHS Future Forum
| 1248-i and-ii | 23.3.12
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Professional responsibility of healthcare professionals
| 1699-i | 27.3.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Education, training and workforce planning
| 1648-i | 21.11.11
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Education, training and workforce planning
| 1648-ii | 1.12.11
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Education, training and workforce planning
| 1648-iii | 28.1.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Education, training and workforce planning
| 1648-iv | 27.2.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Education, training and workforce planning
| 1648-v | 12.3.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Government's Alcohol Strategy
| 1928-i | 23.4.12
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2009-10
Reply to the Committee's Third Report: Social
Care, published as Cm 7884 (14.7.10).
Reply to the Committee's Fourth Report: Commissioning,
published as Cm 7877 (13.7.10).
Reply to the Committee's Fifth Report: The use
of overseas doctors in providing out-of-hours services, published
as Cm 7904 (15.7.10).
Formal Minutes
The Formal Minutes of the Committee were published
electronically after each meeting of the Committee. They are available
on the Committee's website at http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/health-committee/formal-minutes/.
Divisions
Date | Subject
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18.10.11 | Two, on an amendment proposed to the Chair's draft Report, and on consideration of the question, that the Report be the Eleventh Report of the Committee to the House [Appointment of Chair of the NHS Commissioning Board]
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Debates
None
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Care Quality Commission
| 1 |
Commissioning | 6
|
Commissioning: further issues
| 5 |
Complaints and Litigation
| 4 |
Education, training and workforce planning
| 5 |
General Medical Council
| 1 |
Government's alcohol strategy
| 1 |
Monitor | 1
|
Nursing and Midwifery Council
| 1 |
PIP breast implants and regulation of cosmetic interventions
| 1 |
Pre-appointment hearing for Chair of the Care Quality Commission
| 1 |
Pre-appointment hearing for Chair of the NHS Commissioning Board
| 1 |
Professional responsibility of healthcare practitioners
| 1 |
Public Expenditure |
6 |
Public Health | 5
|
Report of the NHS Future Forum
| 2 |
Responsibilities of the Secretary of State for Health
| 1 |
Revalidation of Doctors
| 2 |
Social Care | 6
|
Total | 51A
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A
On one occasion the Committee's meeting comprised evidence in
two separate inquiries
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