National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Bill
AMENDMENTS
TO BE MOVED
IN COMMITTEE
| | THE EARL HOWE
THE BARONESS NOAKES
THE LORD ASTOR OF HEVER |
| Insert the following new Clause— |
| (1) | If in any year the Department of Health has directors of health and social care who have regional responsibilities or if it has regional offices, regional directors or any other regional structure, the Secretary of State shall lay before both Houses of Parliament each year a report containing the matters set out in subsection (2) below. |
| (2) | The report shall contain— |
| (a) | the names and qualifications of the relevant directors; |
| (b) | the geographic regions covered by the relevant directors; |
| (c) | a description of the functions, responsibilities and accountabilities of the relevant directors; |
| (d) | the number of staff reporting to the relevant directors and details of the functions of those staff; |
| (e) | details of the premises occupied by the relevant directors and their staff; |
| (f) | the total cost of the work of the relevant directors and their staff; |
| (g) | a description of the relationship between the relevant directors and the National Health Service trusts, Primary Care Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities within their regions; |
| (h) | a description of the relationship between the relevant directors and the Secretary of State; |
| (i) | a description of the targets or objectives which have been set for the relevant directors and their staff for the year which is covered by the report; |
| (j) | a description of the manner in which the relevant directors and their staff have conducted their functions during the year, including whether they have met the targets and objectives set for them; and |
| (k) | a description of the targets or objectives which have been set for the relevant directors and their staff for the following year. |
| (3) | In this section "relevant director" means a person who is designated a director of health and social care with regional responsibilities or a person who is in charge of a region, regional office or other part of a regional structure of the Department of Health." |
| | THE EARL HOWE
THE BARONESS NOAKES
THE LORD ASTOR OF HEVER |
| Page 18, leave out lines 15 to 17 |
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