Health staff and professions

This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on health staff and the health professions. 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.
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').
18.10.2012	NHS Pension Scheme
	This note looks at the development of the NHS Pension Scheme and proposals for reform
18.07.2011	NHS workforce statistics: England
	NHS workforce statistics: England. By Rachael Harker SN/SG/2223. This note summarises recent trends in the NHS workforce in England.

Research Papers

Date	Description
11.02.2008	Health and Social Care Bill: Committee Stage Report
	(Bill 52 of 2007-08)
23.11.2007	Health and Social Care Bill, Bill 9 of 2007-08
	Health and Social Care Bill. (Bill 9 of 2007/08). House of Commons Library Research Paper 07/81.
24.11.2005	The Health Bill (excluding Part 1) Bill 69 of 2005-06
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.
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.

Select Committee Reports

Date	Description
11.10.2011	Safety first: mobility of healthcare professionals in the EU.
	European Union Select Committee (HL) report [Lords]
19.07.2011	Annual accountability hearing with the General Medical Council.
	Health Select Committee report [Commons]
19.07.2011	Annual accountability hearing with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
	Health Select Committee report [Commons]

Early Day Motions

Date	Description
25.10.2011	COLLEGE OF SOCIAL WORK (No. 2)
	That this House notes with concern the issues raised by the British Association of Social Workers in respect of the proper establishment and appropriate use of public funds in relation ...
11.07.2011	DELIVERY OF ADULT SOCIAL CARE
	That this House notes thatcross-party commitment and co-operation is urgently needed to reform the way that adult social care is delivered; acknowledges the desire amongst all parties ...
05.07.2011	NHS WHISTLEBLOWING
	That this House welcomes the Private Eye, Shoot the Messenger articles, on how NHS whistleblowers can be silenced and sacked; anticipates effective action by the Health Select Committee ...
23.05.2011	DIABETIC SPECIALIST NURSING POSTS
	That this House notes the number of diabetic specialist nurse posts unfilled across the NHS has doubled within a year, leaving 218 vacant posts at a time when the number of people with ...
17.05.2011	NHS LOCUM SURGEONS
	That this House supports the Royal College of Surgeons' guidance on NHS Locum Surgeons; notes that this guidance outlines the vital role that these surgeons play in the short term; ...

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.

POST Papers

Date	Description
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.