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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:
Number of appearances by:
Cabinet Ministers6
Ministers (other than Cabinet Ministers) 4
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department of Health 21
Other departments, comprising:
Cabinet Office1
Ministry of Justice 1
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman 1
Executive Agencies, comprising:
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency 1
Public Bodies and non-Ministerial departments, comprising:
Audit Commission1
Care Quality Commission (CQC) 3
Health Protection Agency (HPA) 1
Higher Education Funding Council for England 1
Law Commission1
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:
National Health Service (NHS) 6
Strategic Health Authorities, comprising:
NHS East of England 1
NHS South Central1
NHS South West1
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 Trust1
Appearances by other witnesses 148

Overseas Visits

None

Visits to European Institutions

None

UK Visits
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
14.12.10Hackney Commissioning Group Dorrell, Fovargue, George, Tredinnick, Vaz, Wollaston 1Inquiry into Commissioning Nil
11-13.12.11Preston and Carlisle Dorrell, Morris, Poulter, Skidmore, Tredinnick, Vaz, Wollaston 2Inquiry into Social Care £2,561
15-16.1.12Torbay Dorrell, George, Morris, Skidmore, Vaz, Wollaston 2Inquiry into Social Care £1,387

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
TitleHC No. (2010-12) Date of publication Government reply
First Report: Appointment of the Chair of the Care Quality Commission 461-I15.9.10 Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Appointment of the Chair of the Care Quality Commission 461-II28.3.12 Not applicable
Second Report: Public Expenditure 51214.12.10 Cm 8007, published 31.1.11
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Public Expenditure 20.12.10 Not applicable
Third Report: Commissioning 513-I18.1.11 Cm 8009, published 31.1.11
Oral and Written Evidence: Commissioning 513-II21.1.11 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Commissioning 21.1.11 Not applicable
Fourth Report: Revalidation of Doctors 5578.2.11 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-I5.4.11 Cm 8100, published 20.6.11
Oral and Written Evidence: Commissioning: further issues 796-II5.4.11 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Commissioning: further issues 5.4.11 Not applicable
Sixth Report: Complaints and Litigation 786-I28.6.11 Cm 8180, published 15.9.11
Oral and Written Evidence: Complaints and Litigation 786-II30.6.11 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 142826.7.11 HC 1699, published 7.3.12
Eighth Report: Annual accountability hearing with the General Medical Council 142926.7.11 HC 1699, published 7.3.12
Ninth Report: Annual accountability hearing with the Care Quality Commission 143014.9.11 HC 1699, published 7.3.12
Tenth Report: Annual accountability hearing with Monitor 143114.9.11 HC 1699, published 7.3.12
Eleventh Report: Appointment of the Chair of the NHS Commissioning Board 1562-I20.10.11 Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Appointment of the Chair of the NHS Commissioning Board 1562-II28.3.12 Not applicable
Twelfth Report: Public Health 1048-I2.11.11 Cm 8290, published 7.2.12
Oral and Written Evidence: Public Health 1048-II2.11.11 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Public Health 1048-III29.11.11 Not applicable
Thirteenth Report: Public Expenditure 149924.1.12 Cm 8283, published 27.2.12
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Public Expenditure 1499-II24.1.12 Not applicable
Fourteenth Report: Social Care 1583-I8.2.12 Awaited
Oral and Written Evidence: Social Care 1583-II8.2.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Social Care 13.2.12 Not applicable
Fifteenth Report: Annual accountability hearings: responses and further issues 16997.3.12 Not applicable
Sixteenth Report: PIP Breast implants and regulation of cosmetic interventions 181628.3.12 Cm 8351, published 14.5.12
First Special Report: Revalidation of Doctors: General Medical Council's Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2010-11 103312.5.11 Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Report of the NHS Future Forum 1248-i and-ii23.3.12 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Professional responsibility of healthcare professionals 1699-i27.3.12 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Education, training and workforce planning 1648-i21.11.11 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Education, training and workforce planning 1648-ii1.12.11 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Education, training and workforce planning 1648-iii28.1.12 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Education, training and workforce planning 1648-iv27.2.12 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Education, training and workforce planning 1648-v12.3.12 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Government's Alcohol Strategy 1928-i23.4.12 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
DateSubject
18.10.11Two, 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]

Debates

None

Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry during the Session
InquiryNumber of oral evidence sessions
Care Quality Commission 1
Commissioning6
Commissioning: further issues 5
Complaints and Litigation 4
Education, training and workforce planning 5
General Medical Council 1
Government's alcohol strategy 1
Monitor1
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 Health5
Report of the NHS Future Forum 2
Responsibilities of the Secretary of State for Health 1
Revalidation of Doctors 2
Social Care6
Total51A

A On one occasion the Committee's meeting comprised evidence in two separate inquiries



 
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