Health finance
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on health finance. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.
Standard Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 12.12.2012 | Health expenditure: Social Indicators page |
| Health expenditure: Social Indicators page. By Rachael Harker. SN/SG/2640. | |
| 05.11.2012 | Regional pay in the NHS |
| This standard note provides background to the House of Commons Opposition-day debate on regional pay in the NHS on 7 November 2012. | |
| 28.09.2012 | NHS Charges for Overseas Visitors |
| NHS Charges for Overseas Visitors. By Thomas Powell. SN/SP/3051. | |
| 19.09.2012 | EU bibliographies: Directive on cross-border health care |
| This Note brings together documents relevant to the draft directive on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare (EC Draft 11307/2008). | |
| 03.04.2012 | NHS Expenditure |
| NHS Expenditure by Rachael Harker. Documents NHS expenditure since 1948; summary of the structure of the NHS and how it is financed; description of how Primary Care Trusts are allocated funding |
Research Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 03.12.1998 | Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Bill: Bill 3 1998/99 |
| The Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Bill: Bill 3 1998/99. House of Commons Library Research Paper 98/108. |
Early Day Motions
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 22.06.2010 | HEALTHCARE BUDGET |
| That this House calls for the retention of essential funding for healthcare throughout the UK so that new facilities can be provided and existing services maintained for the needs of ... | |
| 20.01.2010 | NHS CHARITY MONEY |
| That this House is concerned by HM Treasury plans to change the accounting system for NHS charitable money in April; believes the change is unnecessary and of no benefit to the NHS; ... | |
| 07.01.2010 | PRESCRIPTION CHARGES IN SCOTLAND |
| That this House welcomes the reduction of prescription charges in Scotland to £3 on the way to their total abolition from 2011; recognises that the Scottish Government's action brings ... | |
| 15.06.2009 | PRESCRIPTION CHARGES FOR PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA |
| That this House is aware that, unlike their counterparts in Wales, asthma sufferers in England still have to pay prescription charges for their medical needs; further notes that such ... | |
| 01.04.2009 | PRESCRIPTION CHARGES (No. 2) |
| That this House notes that from 1 April 2009 cancer patients will be exempt from prescription charges in England, whereas in Scotland they will be required to pay 4 per prescription; ... |
POST Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 01.10.2010 | Drug pricing, October 2010 |
| This POSTnote outlines current drug pricing policy and examines other options to evaluate pricing, including "value-based" pricing. |
