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| 108 | Page 50, line 2, leave out "7C," |
| 109 | Page 51, line 11, after "sections" insert "7A, 7B," |
| 110 | Page 51, line 11, leave out "7C," |
| 111 | Page 51, leave out lines 29 to 32 |
| 112 | Page 27, line 24, at end insert "including in particular the circumstances of rural populations" |
| 113 | Page 27, line 24, at end insert— |
| "(4) | The Secretary of State shall publish guidance on the manner in which the commissioning of pharmaceutical services may be informed by the results of an assessment." |
| 114 | Page 28, line 8, at end insert— |
| "(2D) | Nothing in subsections (2) to (2C) shall be taken to imply that a Primary Care Trust may exercise its powers in a manner which purports to involve an assessment by it of a pharmacist's professional fitness to practise or the fitness of his premises to deliver pharmacy services." |
| 115 | Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "Prescriptions: labelling showing actual cost |
| (1) | The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/620) are amended as follows. |
| (2) | After regulation 11 insert— |
| "11A | Prescriptions: labelling showing actual cost |
| (1) | The packaging of any drugs or appliances supplied in accordance with regulations 3 to 6A shall carry a label showing the full retail cost of those drugs or appliances. |
| (2) | Paragraph (1) applies irrespective of whether— |
| (a) | there is an exemption from charging under regulation 7 or 7A, or |
| (b) | a valid exemption certificate under regulation 8 is in force."" |
| 116 | Page 52, line 21, leave out ", or is connected with," |
| 117 | Page 55, leave out lines 23 and 24 |
| 118 | Page 57, line 19, at end insert— |
| "( ) | the Care Quality Commission; |
| ( ) | any local authority which appears to the Commissioner to have an interest in the subject matter of the statement" |
| 119 | Page 57, leave out lines 20 to 24 |
| 120 | Page 57, leave out lines 30 and 31 |
| 121 | Page 64, line 39, leave out "means" |
| 122 | Page 64, line 45, leave out "means" |
| 123 | Page 31, line 41, at end insert "in so far as such income and expenses relate to practitioners' professional activities" |
| 124 | Page 32, line 11, after "person" insert "or group of persons" |
| | BARONESS FINLAY OF LLANDAFF |
| 125 | Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "Preferential organ donation |
| (1) | In this section, the conditions for preferential organ donation are that— |
| (a) | the deceased donor (D) had a close relative or friend (R) on the transplant waiting list, and |
| (b) | D had expressed a wish, or the family of D had expressed a wish on behalf of D, that a particular organ or organs from D should be considered for transplant to R. |
| (2) | If the conditions in subsection (1) are met, all possible consideration should be given to the wish for preferential organ donation, whilst also taking consideration of— |
| (a) | the suitability of D's organ or organs for transplant to R, and |
| (b) | the needs of other patients waiting for an organ transplant." |
| 126 | Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "Admission of patients with spinal injuries |
| (1) | The Secretary of State shall by regulations establish a national bed bureau for patients with spinal injuries to monitor and manage the availability of hospital beds for patients with spinal injuries. |
| (2) | The bureau must in particular aim to meet the following objectives— |
| (a) | to provide a single commissioning service across England and Wales for the provision of beds in spinal units; |
| (b) | to work with primary care trusts and hospital trusts to co-ordinate information on the availability of hospital beds for patients with spinal injuries within each strategic health authority; and |
| (c) | to ensure that beds are made available to patients with spinal injuries as soon as possible following admission, both when a patient is admitted for the first time and when a patient is urgently readmitted. |
| (3) | Regulations under this section must stipulate— |
| (a) | details of how membership of the bureau is to be decided, |
| (b) | the terms of reference of the bureau, |
| (c) | the types of information that hospitals must make accessible to the bureau for the purposes of establishing availability of beds, |
| (d) | details of any pay or remuneration made to members of the bureau, |
| (e) | any powers which the bureau will have to instruct hospitals to admit patients from outside their usual area. |
| (4) | At the end of each financial year, the bureau must produce a report for the Secretary of State which outlines how each of the objectives in subsection (2) have been met and which makes recommendations as to how performance in these areas could be improved. |
| (5) | The Secretary of State must respond in writing to the bureau's report within two months of its reporting. |
| (6) | Regulations made by the Secretary of State under this section are— |
| (a) | to be made by statutory instrument, and |
| (b) | subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament." |
| 127 | Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "Tax relief on premiums for medical insurance |
| (1) | Where an individual makes a payment in resepct of a premium under a contract of private medical insurance, it shall be deducted from or set off against his income for the year of assessment in which it is made for the purposes of calculating his liability to income tax. |
| (a) | a premium, in relation to a contract of insurance, is any amount payable under the contract to the insurer, |
| (b) | a contract is a contract of private medical insurance where— |
| (i) | it either provides indemnity in respect of all or any of the costs of all or any of the treatments, medical services and other matters for the time being specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State, or in addition to providing indemnity of that description provides cash benefits falling within rules for the time being so specified, |
| (ii) | it does not confer any right other than such a right as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) above, and |
| (iii) | the premium under the contract is reasonable." |
| 128 | Insert the following new Clause— |
| | Income from private health care in NHS foundation trusts |
| | For subsections (1) to (7) of section 44 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41) (private health care) substitute— |
| "(1) | For the purposes of the treatment of income derived from private charges, NHS foundation trusts will have parity with all other NHS trusts. |
| (2) | NHS trusts receiving income from private patient services will be required to demonstrate the benefit to their NHS patients. |
| (3) | "Private charges" means charges imposed in respect of goods and services provided to patients other than patients being provided with goods and services for the purposes of the health service."" |
| 130 | Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "Charges to overseas visitors |
| (1) | The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/306) are amended as follows. |
| (2) | In regulation 4, paragraph (1), sub-paragraph (c) after the second "Kingdom" insert "or under the Human Rights Convention, whether or not such application has been decided." |
| (3) | In regulation 4, paragraph (1), sub-paragraph (c) omit "which has not yet been determined"." |
| 131* | Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "Patient transport services |
| | It shall be the duty of primary care trusts and hospital trusts to work with passenger transport authorities, unitary authorities and county councils, as appropriate, to co-ordinate the provision of patient transport services provided by primary care trusts and hospital trusts with the provision of other patient transport within the trusts' areas." |
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