National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Bill
AMENDMENTS
TO BE MOVED
IN COMMITTEE
| Page 20, line 38, at end insert— |
| "(c) | for each Care Trust" |
| Page 22, line 11, at end insert— |
| (j) | providers of nursing homes and other privately owned facilities used to accommodate or provide services to patients" |
| Page 22, line 13, after "inspect," insert "by arrangement or unannounced," |
| Page 22, line 17, leave out from "allow" to "to" in line 18 and insert "the Patients' Forum" |
| Page 24, line 16, insert— |
| "( ) | In section 50 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 15) (right to time off for public duties) at the end of subsection (8) there shall be inserted— |
| "(c) | a Patients' Forum constituted under section 15 of the NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002."" |
| Page 24, line 21, after "Commission" insert "shall represent the interests in the health service of patients and the wider community and" |
| Page 25, line 1, at end insert— |
| "( ) | The Commission will provide to Patients' Forums services including staff and facilities, to support those bodies in the exercise of their functions." |
| Page 25, line 12, leave out "Primary Care Trusts" and insert "Overview and Scrutiny Committees" |
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