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Health Bill [H.L.]

This is the Health Bill [H.L.], as introduced in the House of Lords on 28 January 1999

 
  
EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory Notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department of Health, the Scottish Office and the

Welsh Office, are published separately as HL Bill 15- EN.
 

 
 
 
  
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

The Baroness Hayman has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998:

In my view the provisions of the Health Bill are compatible with the Convention rights.

 
 
  
Health Bill [H.L.]
 
 
 
 
ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES

PART I
THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
Fund-holding practices
Clause 
1.Repeal of law about fund-holding practices.

Local administration
2.Primary Care Trusts.
3.Primary Care Trusts: finance.
4.Primary Care Trusts: provision of services etc.
5.Primary Care Trusts: trust-funds and trustees.
6.Payments relating to past performance.
7.Directions.

NHS trusts
8.Establishment orders.
9.Exercise of powers.
10.Public dividend capital.
11.Existing NHS trusts: conversion of initial loan.
12.Borrowing.

Quality etc
13.Duty of quality.
14.The Commission for Health Improvement.
15.Functions of the Commission.
16.Obtaining information etc.
17.Restrictions on disclosure of information.
18.Abolition of Clinical Standards Advisory Group.

Partnership
19.Co-operation between NHS bodies.
20.Co-operation between NHS bodies and local authorities.
21.Plans for improving health etc.
22.Payments by NHS bodies to local authorities.
23.Payments by local authorities to NHS bodies.
24.Arrangements between NHS bodies and local authorities.
25.Joint consultative committees.

Control of prices of medicines and profits
26.Powers relating to voluntary schemes.
27.Power to control prices.
28.Statutory schemes.
29.Statutory schemes: supplementary.
30.Enforcement.
31.Controls: supplementary.

Evasion of charges, fraud etc.
32.Evasion of charges etc.
33.Disqualification etc. of Part II practitioners.

Miscellaneous
34.High security psychiatric services.
35.Provision of information by Registrar General.

PART II
THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE: SCOTLAND
Fund-holding practices
36.Repeal of law about fund-holding practices.

NHS trusts
37.Establishment orders.
38.Directions as to delegation of functions.
39.Constitution of NHS trust boards.
40.Duties of NHS trusts.

Quality
41.Duty of quality.

Finance
42.Expenditure of Health Boards and other bodies.
43.Public dividend capital.
44.Existing NHS trusts: conversion of initial loan.
45.Borrowing.

Fraud
46.Disqualification of Part II practitioners.

PART III
MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY
Regulation of health care and associated professions
47.Regulation of health care and associated professions.

Supplementary
48.Regulations and orders.
49.Supplementary and consequential provision etc.

Final provisions
50.Amendments and repeals.
51.Devolution.
52.Commencement.
53.Extent.
54.Short title.
 

Schedules:
    Schedule 1-Primary Care Trusts.
    Schedule 2-The Commission for Health Improvement.
    Schedule 3-Regulation of health care and associated professions.
    Schedule 4-Amendments of enactments.
    Schedule 5-Repeals.
 

 
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