Health services
All Standard Notes
42 Documents
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 16.04.2013 | Health expenditure: Social Indicators page |
| Health expenditure: Social Indicators page. By Rachael Harker. SN/SG/2640. | |
| 08.04.2013 | NHS complaints procedures in England |
| This note provides information on NHS complaints procedures in England. | |
| 03.12.2012 | NHS whistleblowing procedures in England |
| This note sets out the current rights and procedures for NHS staff to raise concerns about safety, malpractice or wrong doing at work (popularly known as 'whistleblowing'). | |
| 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. | |
| 25.10.2012 | Statistics on abortion |
| This Note presents statistics on abortion in England & Wales, as well as Scotland. Numbers of abortions and rates per 1,000 women aged 15-44 are provided and a brief time series is presented. The period of gestation when the abortion took place is also considered as well as the method of abortion. | |
| 25.10.2012 | Community care: Social Indicators page |
| Community care: Social Indicators page. By Rachael Harker. SN/SG/2643. | |
| 25.10.2012 | NHS staff: Social Indicators page |
| NHS staff: Social Indicators page. By Rachael Harker. SN/SG/2642. | |
| 25.10.2012 | Beds and activity: Social Indicators page |
| Beds and activity: Social Indicators page. By Rachael Harker | |
| 25.10.2012 | Waiting times: Social Indicators page |
| Waiting times: Social Indicators page. By Rachael Harker. SN/SG/2639. | |
| 18.10.2012 | NHS Pension Scheme |
| This note looks at the development of the NHS Pension Scheme and proposals for reform | |
| 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). | |
| 18.09.2012 | Homeopathy and the consolidation of UK medicines legislation |
| In August 2012 UK medicines legislation (including for homeopathy) was consolidated through the Human Medical Regulations. The law was not changed. | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| 27.03.2012 | Health and Social Care Bill: summary of Lords Committee and Report stages |
| This note provides a summary of the key amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill made during the House of Lords Committee and Report stages. | |
| 22.11.2011 | NHS Continuing Healthcare in England |
| 18.07.2011 | Tax relief for private medical insurance |
| 10.06.2011 | Healthcare for veterans |
| This note covers the current policies on healthcare services for ex-service personnel, including priority access to NHS services and the provision of dedicated mental health services for veterans. The note also provides a list of useful links and contacts. | |
| 10.05.2011 | Sources of social statistics: Health Services and Public Health |
| 28.04.2011 | Obesity |
| This note sets out the definition and causes of obesity, the health problems caused by obesity, recent government policy on the issue and related statistics. | |
| 25.01.2011 | NHS Commissioning |
| 02.12.2010 | Access to patient records |
| This note aims to help Members answer enquiries from constituents about access to health records. It outlines the right that patients have to access their own health records and also provides brief information about access by third parties. This note replaces SN/SP/1661 and SN/SP/1952. It focuses on England although much of the content is also relevant to the rest of the UK. | |
| 21.10.2010 | Primary Care Trusts: funding and expenditure |
| A description of the process by which allocations are made to Primary Care Trusts in England; an analysis of local differences in funding levels; and details of PCT expenditure by health area | |
| 14.10.2010 | Pay in the NHS |
| This note gives details of pay bands and actual earnings of hospital doctors, GPs and other NHS staff in England | |
| 05.10.2010 | Epilepsy Statistics |
| A short note summarising prevalence, mortality and prescribing data on epilepsy. Gavin Thompson and Lorna Booth. | |
| 22.06.2010 | Electronic Patient Records: the roll-out of the Summary Care Record |
| 27.05.2010 | Public health: Social Indicators page |
| Public health: Social Indicators page. By Rachael Harker. SN/SG/4471. | |
| 03.12.2009 | Indicators of hospital performance published by the Care Quality Commission and Dr. Foster Research |
| This note examines measures of hospital standards and patient safety published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Dr. Foster Research Limited and critically appraises the methodology underpinning their assessments. Concerns have been raised about the lack of consistency between the CQC and Dr. Foster ratings; in the final section, a comparison is made between the two, and some explanations for the discrepancies are offered. | |
| 22.10.2009 | Cancelled operations statistics: England |
| Cancelled operations statistics: England. By Rachael Harker. SN/SG/2673. This note contains summary national data regarding cancelled NHS operations in England. | |
| 15.10.2009 | Effects of Alcohol tax cuts in Finland in 2004 |
| This note examines the effects of 2004 tax cuts on Finnish alcohol consumption and related harm. | |
| 13.10.2009 | Alcohol policy and the effects of The Licensing Act 2003 |
| This article reviews some figures on alcohol-related mortality and morbidity, discusses the policy challenge posed by excessive alcohol consumption and evaluates some of the statistics that have emerged following the implementation of The Licensing Act. | |
| 08.10.2009 | Bed Availability in England |
| Bed Availability in England. By Rachael Harker. SN/SG/1359. This note provides an overview of bed availability in NHS hospitals in England. Current estimates are provided along with information on trends since 1979 in the number of available beds. | |
| 18.05.2009 | Mortality rates at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust |
| The objective of this note is to explain the concept of hospiral standardised motality ratios, and summarise the statistics relating to HSMRs at mid-Staffordshire that were available before the March-October 2008 Healthcare Commission investigation, and those that came to light afterwards. | |
| 06.03.2009 | The Prescription Charge |
| This note provides information and sources for Members answering constituents' queries about entitlement to free prescriptions, including the Government's proposals for the future. It covers England. Although it focuses on the prescription charge, the main sources mentioned also provide information on other NHS charges. | |
| 23.02.2009 | Pharmacy statistics |
| Pharmacy statistics. By Rachael Harker. SN/SG/2716. | |
| 17.02.2009 | Measles and MMR statistics |
| This note summarises the latest statistics on measles incidence and rates of immunisation. It also discusses the effect of media coverage on public confidence in the MMR triple vaccine, and compares the UK's immunisation rates with the rest of the OECD. | |
| 11.11.2008 | Cervical cancer statistics |
| Cervical cancer statistics - incidence, survival and mortality with international comparisons. By Gavin Thompson. SN/SG/2679. | |
| 11.11.2008 | Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill - What Happened? |
| This Note describes the passage of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill 2008 through Parliament. | |
| 28.10.2008 | Breast cancer statistics |
| Breast cancer statistics. By Gavin Thompson. SN/SG/2678. | |
| 13.10.2008 | NHS vacancy statistics: England |
| NHS vacancy statistics: England, 1999-2008, by main staff groups. | |
| 13.07.2004 | Social statistics: Key sources |
| Social statistics: Key sources. By Matthew Whittaker. SN/SG/2206. |
All Research Papers
37 Documents
| 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. | |
| 10.06.2009 | Autism Bill: Committee Stage Report (Bill 98 2008-09) |
| This is a report of the House of Commons Committee Stage of the Autism Bill. It complements Research Paper 09/17 prepared for the Commons Second Reading debate. | |
| 01.06.2009 | Health Bill [HL] (excluding tobacco provisions) (Bill 97 2008-09) |
| This Research Paper has been written for the Second Reading of the Health Bill [HL] following its passage through the House of Lords, where it was introduced on 15 January 2009. The bill as introduced covered ten policy areas, including the sale of tobacco, which is the subject of Library Research Paper 09/49. | |
| 01.06.2009 | Health Bill [HL]: Tobacco control provisions (Bill 97 2008-09) |
| Part 3 of the Health Bill (HL) 2008-09 contains tobacco control provisions designed to protect children and young people from the harm caused by smoking. This paper provides information on current legislation and policy in respect of the display and sale of tobacco products from retail premises and vending machines as well as outlining the changes proposed in the Bill. | |
| 25.02.2009 | Autism Bill (Bill 10 of 2008-09) |
| This Bill would require local authorities to collect and share information about people with autism, in order to assist in the provision of services. The Bill also contains measures to promote multi-agency working in the delivery of services, and the effective transition from child to adult services, for people with autism. | |
| 24.04.2008 | Social Indicators |
| Social Indicators. [Includes articles on 'Gambling in New South Wales, Australia' and 'A new era for UK official statistics: the launch of the UK Statistics Authority, and Topical Subject Pages on world food prices, the weather in 2007 and excess winter mortality.] House of Commons Library Research Paper 08/37. | |
| 11.02.2008 | Health and Social Care Bill: Committee Stage Report |
| (Bill 52 of 2007-08) | |
| 11.01.2008 | Social Indicators |
| Social Indicators. [Includes articles on 'Estimating alcohol consumption in society surveys' and 'Our healthy diet. Trends in what we eat compared with guidelines', and Topical Subject Pages on Football finance, and Assaults on NHS staff in England.] House of Commons Library Research Paper 08/02. | |
| 10.10.2007 | Social Indicators |
| Social Indicators. [Includes articles on Independence for Official Statistics, Greenhouse Gases, and Clostridium Difficile, and a Topical Subject Page on Teenage Pregnancy] House of Commons Library Research Paper 07/70. | |
| 25.04.2007 | Social Indicators |
| Social Indicators. [Includes article on Smoking in Public Places and The 2007 Census Test and a Topical Subject Page on Waste and Recycling] House of Commons Library Research Paper 07/38. | |
| 22.03.2007 | The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Committee Stage Report |
| 20.02.2007 | Greater London Authority Bill 2006-07; Committee Stage Report |
| 10.01.2007 | Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill (Bill 16 2006-07) |
| The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Bill 16 2006-07. House of Commons Library Research Paper 07/01 | |
| 12.12.2006 | Greater London Authority Bill (Bill 11 of 2006-07) |
| The Greater London Authority Bill (Bill 11 2006-07). House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/60 | |
| 23.05.2006 | The NHS Redress Bill [HL], Bill 137 of 2005/06 |
| 12.01.2006 | Social Indicators |
| Social indicators. [Includes article on New Year resolutions - how do they figure? and topical subject page on Excess winter mortality]. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/02. | |
| 24.11.2005 | The Health Bill (excluding Part 1) Bill 69 of 2005-06 |
| 13.06.2005 | Social Indicators |
| Social indicators. [Includes articles on General Election 2005 and NHS waiting lists and targets in England and topical subject pages on waste and recycling, abortion and General Election 2005:summary]. House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/44. | |
| 07.06.2004 | Social indicators |
| Social indicators. (Includes article on Summer Olympic Games:facts and figures, and topical subject pages on voting at 16 and teenage pregnancy). House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/42. | |
| 10.03.2004 | Cardiac Risk in the Young (Screening) Bill (Bill 19 2003/04) |
| Cardiac Risk in the Young (Screening) Bill. (Bill 19 2003/04). House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/24. | |
| 06.05.2003 | Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill health aspects other than NHS foundation trusts |
| The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill: health aspects other than NHS foundation trusts. (Bill 70 of 2002/03). House of Commons Library Research Paper 03/41. | |
| 02.05.2003 | Social Care aspects of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill (Bill 70 of 2002/03) |
| Social Care aspects of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill. (Bill 70 of 2002/03). House of Commons Library Research Paper 03/39. | |
| 29.04.2003 | NHS Foundation Trusts in the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill (Bill 70 of 2002/03) |
| NHS foundation trusts in the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill. (Bill 70 of 2002/03). House of Commons Library Research Paper 03/38. | |
| 22.11.2002 | Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc) Bill (Bill 4 2002/03) |
| The Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc) Bill. (Bill 4 of 2002/03). House of Commons Library Research Paper 02/66. | |
| 20.11.2002 | Health (Wales) Bill (Bill 1 2002/03) |
| The Health (Wales) Bill. (Bill 1 of 2002/03). House of Commons Library Research Paper 02/61. | |
| 03.05.2002 | Securing our future health. |
| NHS Funding and reform: the Wanless Report. Bill 19 of 2001/02. House of Commons Library Research Paper 02/30. | |
| 10.04.2002 | Social indicators |
| Social indicators. (Includes articles on Railways across Europe, Private medical insurance and Sources of election statistics). House of Commons Library Research Paper 02/22. | |
| 15.11.2001 | National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Bill (Bill 47 of 2001-02) |
| National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Bill (Bill 47 of 2001/02). House of Commons Library Research Paper 01/95. | |
| 01.03.2000 | Health Service Commissioners (Amendment) Bill (Bill 15 of 1999/2000) |
| Health Service Commissioners (Amendment) Bill (Bill 15 of 1999/2000). House of Commons Library Research Paper 00/22. | |
| 14.06.1999 | Waiting lists and waiting times |
| Waiting lists and waiting times. House of Commons Library Research Paper 99/60. | |
| 08.04.1999 | Health Bill (HL) (Bill 77 1998/99) |
| The Health Bill (HL) (Bill 77 1998/99). House of Commons Library Research Paper 99/39. | |
| 01.12.1998 | Chronic fatigue syndrome/ME |
| Chronic fatigue syndrome/ME. House of Commons Research Paper 98/107. | |
| 26.01.1998 | The NHS White Papers |
| The NHS White Papers. House of Commons Library Research Paper 98/15. |
