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Health and Social Care (Re-committed) Bill: the NHS Future Forum and the Committee Stage Report

Tuesday, 30 August, 2011

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.
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Tax relief for private medical insurance

Monday, 18 July, 2011

In 1990 a new tax relief for private medical insurance, paid for those aged 60 and over, was introduced. In 1997 the then Labour Government abolished this relief on the grounds of cost, and the view that it had failed to encourage take-up. This note discusses the short life of this tax relief, and recent debate as to whether it should be reintroduced.
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Healthcare for veterans

Friday, 10 June, 2011

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.
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Health expenditure: international comparisons

Tuesday, 24 May, 2011

In the UK expenditure on health comes largely from public funds, with 82.6% of total expenditure on health coming from public expenditure. This is the fifth highest proportion among OECD countries and is similar to other northern European countries. In the United States less than half of total health expenditure comes from public funds.
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Obesity

Thursday, 28 April, 2011

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.
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Health and Social Care Bill: Committee Stage Report.

Wednesday, 06 April, 2011

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.
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Health and Social Care Bill

Thursday, 27 January, 2011

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.
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Pay in the NHS

Thursday, 14 October, 2010

This note gives details of pay bands and actual earnings of hospital doctors, GPs and other NHS staff in England
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Epilepsy Statistics

Tuesday, 05 October, 2010

A short note summarising prevalence, mortality and prescribing data on epilepsy. Gavin Thompson and Lorna Booth.
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Electronic Patient Records: the roll-out of the Summary Care Record

Tuesday, 22 June, 2010
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Personal Care at Home Bill. Bill 11 2009-10.

Wednesday, 09 December, 2009

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.
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Indicators of hospital performance published by the Care Quality Commission and Dr. Foster Research

Thursday, 03 December, 2009

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.
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Effects of Alcohol tax cuts in Finland in 2004

Thursday, 15 October, 2009

This note examines the effects of 2004 tax cuts on Finnish alcohol consumption and related harm.
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Bed Availability in England

Thursday, 08 October, 2009
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Health Bill [HL]: Committee Stage Report

Monday, 20 July, 2009

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.
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