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
17.07.2013	The Francis Report (Report of the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust public inquiry) and the Government's response
	This briefing sets out the main issues arising from the public inquiry led by Robert Francis QC, and other preceding reports, into serious failings in care at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. It also provides some information on the Government's response to the Francis report, which was published on 6 February 2013.
16.07.2013	NHS staff: Social Indicators page
	NHS staff: Social Indicators page. By Rachael Harker. SN/SG/2642.
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').

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
17.05.2013	Care Bill [HL] (HL Bill 1 of 2013-14)
	The Care Bill consolidates and reforms adult social care law in England. It includes provision for a cap on individual social care cost contributions and implements legislative responses to the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust failings. This Library Note provides background information ahead of the second reading debate on the Care Bill in the House of Lords on 21 May 2013.
26.11.2012	Debate on 29 November: Diabetic Services
	This Library Note looks at the government's strategy on diabetes services and care, and at the implementation of the strategy. In particular, it summarises the National Service Framework on Diabetes and reviews of the operation of the Framework, before presenting statistical evidence on the implementation of adult diabetes services in England.
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
18.03.2013	Preventing Mitochondrial Disease
	This note describes new treatments designed to prevent mothers with mitochondrial disease passing their condition on to their children and looks at the issues raised by their potential use in IVF.
25.10.2012	Mental Health and the Workplace
	This note summarises how the workplace affects mental health and vice versa.
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.