National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Bill
AMENDMENTS
TO BE MOVED
IN COMMITTEE
[Supplementary to the Marshalled List]
| | THE EARL HOWE
THE BARONESS NOAKES |
| 104A* | Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "Commission for Health Improvement: independence |
| (1) | In section 20 of the 1999 Act (function of the Commission for Health Improvement) subsections (3) and (4) are omitted. |
| (2) | Schedule 2(1) to the 1999 Act is amended as follows— |
| (a) | in paragraph 2 (general powers) the words "Subject to any direction given by the Secretary of State" are omitted. |
| (b) | in paragraph 4(a) and (c) (membership) for "Secretary of State" there is substituted "NHS Appointments Commission". |
| (c) | in paragraph 6(1) and (2) (remuneration and allowance) for the words "the Secretary of State" there is substituted "it". |
| (d) | in paragraph 6, sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) are omitted. |
| (e) | in paragraph 10(1) (payment and loans to Commission)— |
| (i) | for "may" there is substituted "shall", and |
| (ii) | for "he considers appropriate" there is substituted "are agreed with the Commission". |
| (f) | In paragraph 10, sub-paragraphs (7), (8) and (9) are omitted." |
| | THE LORD HARRIS OF HARINGEY |
| 109A* | Page 21, line 11, at end insert— |
| "( ) | A Patients' Forum established under subsection (1) (b) must— |
| (a) | in monitoring and reviewing the operation of services under arrangements made by the trust for which it is established, and provided by a trust for which another Patients' Forum is established, have regard to the views expressed by that Patients' Forum, |
| (b) | obtain the views of the public living in the area for which services are provided or arranged by the trust for which it is established about the provision of health care services and the state of the public health in that area, and |
| (c) | make a report on the views obtained under (b) above at least once a year to the trust for which it is established and to the relevant overview and scrutiny committee." |
| | THE LORD HARRIS OF HARINGEY |
| 141A* | Page 86, line 15, at end insert— |
| "( ) | Employees appointed under sub-paragraph (4) who provide support to a Patients' Forum or Patients' Forums established under section 15(1) in accordance with regulations made under section 18(2)(h) shall have work programmes agreed by the relevant Patients' Forum or Patients' Forums and by the Commission." |
| | THE BARONESS NORTHOVER
THE LORD CLEMENT-JONES |
| 159A* | Page 29, line 17, leave out subsection (1) and insert— |
| (1) | "The bodies referred to in subsection (3) shall in each year submit a report to any joint select committee appointed by the House of Commons and House of Lords to perform the functions prescribed in this Part ("health joint select committee"). |
| 159B* | Page 29, line 20, leave out "Council" and insert "health joint select committee" |
| | THE BARONESS NORTHOVER
THE LORD CLEMENT-JONES |
| 164A* | Page 30, line 16, leave out "Council" and insert "health joint select committee" |
| 164B* | Page 30, line 19, leave out "Council" and insert "health joint select committee" |
| 165A* | Page 30, line 28, leave out "Council" and insert "health joint select committee" |
| 165B* | Page 30, line 35, leave out "Council" and insert "health joint select committee" |
| 165C* | Page 30, line 38, leave out "Council" and insert "health joint select committee" |
| 165D* | Page 31, line 1, leave out "Council" and insert "health joint select committee" |
| 165E* | Page 31, line 18, leave out "Council" and insert "health joint select committee" |
| 165F* | Page 31, line 20, leave out "Council" and insert "health joint select committee" |
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