Health services
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on health services. 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 |
|---|---|
| 11.05.2012 | Use of non-geographic telephone numbers (e.g. 0845) by the NHS and GPs' practices |
| Under current rules, NHS bodies and GPs' practices are not prohibited from using non-geographic phone numbers, such as 0845 numbers, although the Department of Health has issued guidance about their use. | |
| 09.05.2012 | NHS Pension Scheme |
| This note looks at the development of the NHS Pension Scheme and proposals for reform | |
| 27.04.2012 | NHS staff: Social Indicators page |
| NHS staff: Social Indicators page. By Rachael Harker. SN/SG/2642. | |
| 17.04.2012 | Waiting times: Social Indicators page |
| Waiting times: Social Indicators page. By Rachael Harker. SN/SG/2639. | |
| 17.04.2012 | Health expenditure: Social Indicators page |
| Health expenditure: Social Indicators page. By Rachael Harker. SN/SG/2640. |
Research Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 30.08.2011 | Health and Social Care (Re-committed) Bill: the NHS Future Forum and the Committee Stage Report |
| On 21 June 2011 the House agreed a motion re-committing certain clauses of the Health and Social Care Bill to the Public Bill Committee that had previously considered the Bill. The Committee met between 28 June and 14 July 2011 and agreed a number of Government amendments, introduced in response to the recommendations the 'NHS Future Forum'. Key changes are intended to clarify the Secretary of State for Health's overall responsibility for the NHS, to ensure good governance for the new groups that will be responsible for commissioning NHS-funded services, to strengthen duties to involve the public and health professionals in decision making, and to amend duties in relation to the role of competition and integration in the health service. The Bill is due to have its Report stage and Third Reading on 6 and 7 September 2011. | |
| 06.04.2011 | Health and Social Care Bill: Committee Stage Report. |
| The Health and Social Care Bill had its Second Reading in the Commons on 31 January 2011. The Bill was considered in Public Bill Committee in 28 sittings, between 8 February and 31 March 2011. A large number of Government amendments were made, mainly minor and technical changes, although significant alterations were made to clauses 103 and 104 in Part 3 of the Bill, to prevent competition on price. No Opposition amendments were agreed. This Paper summarises the Commons Second Reading debate and Committee stages and supplements the House of Commons Library Research Paper Health and Social Care Bill (RP 11/11), which was produced for the Bill's Second Reading. | |
| 27.01.2011 | Health and Social Care Bill |
| This briefing on the Health and Social Care Bill has been prepared for the Second Reading debate on the Bill in the House of Commons on 31 January 2011. The Bill is intended to give effect to the reforms requiring primary legislation that were proposed in the NHS White Paper Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS. This White Paper set out the Government's aims to reduce central control of the NHS, to engage doctors in the commissioning of health services, and to give patients greater choice. | |
| 09.12.2009 | Personal Care at Home Bill. Bill 11 2009-10. |
| In September 2009, the Government announced that it would be introducing free personal care for people living in their own home with the highest care needs. The Bill follows proposals announced earlier in the year in the Shaping the Future of Care Together green paper to create a National Care Service for social care. It is intended that the introduction of free personal care will be the first step in setting up the National Care Service. | |
| 20.07.2009 | Health Bill [HL]: Committee Stage Report |
| This is an account of the House of Commons Committee Stage of the Health Bill [HL] prepared for the Report Stage of the Bill due on 12 October 2009. It supplements Research Papers 09/48 and 09/49, which were prepared for the Second Reading of the Bill in the Commons on 8 June 2009. |
Select Committee Reports
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 14.12.2011 | Constitution Select Committee (HL) twenty-second report on the Health and Social Care Bill: |
| Constitution Select Committee (HL) report [Lords] | |
| 14.09.2011 | Constitution Select Committee (HL) eighteenth report on the Health and Social Care Bill. |
| Constitution Select Committee (HL) report [Lords] | |
| 18.07.2011 | The national programme for NHS IT. |
| Public Accounts Committee report [Commons] | |
| 20.06.2011 | Commissioning - further issues. |
| Government response. Department of Health report [Commons] | |
| 11.05.2011 | National Health Service landscape review. |
| Public Accounts Committee report [Commons] |
Early Day Motions
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 08.02.2012 | DRAFT NICE GUIDANCE FOR THE USE OF ABIRATERONE |
| That this House notes with serious concern that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued draft guidance for the use of the drug abiraterone, a life ... | |
| 25.01.2012 | SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY (SUDEP) |
| That this House notes the tragic loss of life caused by Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP), estimated at around 500 deaths in the UK each year; recognises that young people ... | |
| 24.01.2012 | AGE UK CARE IN CRISIS CAMPAIGN |
| That this House acknowledges that the current system of care and support is in crisis with many of those who need help and support beingbadly let down by a faltering system; and therefore ... | |
| 24.01.2012 | DIABETES CARE |
| That this House congratulates the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) on the two-day blood glucose testing event in Parliament on 24 and 25 January; welcomes the work of IDF and ... | |
| 16.01.2012 | PREVENTING BABIES' DEATHS: WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE REPORT |
| That this House congratulates Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity, on the publication of its new report, Preventing Babies' Deaths: what needs to be done; notes that 17 ... |
Lords Library Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 05.10.2011 | Health and Social Care Bill (HL Bill 92 of 2010-12) |
| This Library Note provides background information in advance of the Health and Social Care Bill's second reading in the House of Lords. | |
| 30.01.2009 | Health Bill [HL] (HL Bill 18 of 2008-09) LLN 2009/002 |
| Health Bill. House of Lords Library Notes 2009/002 |
POST Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 15.03.2012 | Consumer Genetic Testing |
| This POSTnote explores the scientific, regulatory, and ethical issues related to genetic tests sold to consumers. | |
| 15.03.2012 | Personalised Cancer Treatments |
| Recent technological advances in both diagnostics and therapeutics have the potential to make the treatment of cancer more personalised. | |
| 05.12.2011 | Explosive Injuries |
| This briefing provides a background to explosive injury, explores developments in mitigation science, and highlights research priorities. | |
| 03.10.2011 | Clinical Trials |
| This POSTnote summarises some of the most important reasons behind the decline in clinical trials in the UK, and the actions being taken to improve the situation. | |
| 01.06.2011 | Mental capacity and healthcare, June 2011 |
| 01.01.2011 | Housing and health, January 2011 |
| This POSTnote looks at the impact of poor housing on health and examines the implications for housing policy. |
