NEWS - DECEMBER 2016
NEW MINISTER JOINS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
21 December 2016
A former Downing Street aide and policy director to David Cameron has been appointed as a minister at the Department of Health.
Number 10 said today that Lord O’Shaughnessy had been made Parliamentary Undersecretary of State to the DH, as well as a Government Whip. He is a former Downing Street Aide, and was Director of Policy for Mr Cameron from May 2010 to October 2011. He will replace Lord Prior, who has overseen drugs spending, life sciences, NHS commercial issues, and blood and transplant since July after Theresa May reappointed Jeremy Hunt as Health Secretary.
21 December 2016
A former Downing Street aide and policy director to David Cameron has been appointed as a minister at the Department of Health.
Number 10 said today that Lord O’Shaughnessy had been made Parliamentary Undersecretary of State to the DH, as well as a Government Whip. He is a former Downing Street Aide, and was Director of Policy for Mr Cameron from May 2010 to October 2011. He will replace Lord Prior, who has overseen drugs spending, life sciences, NHS commercial issues, and blood and transplant since July after Theresa May reappointed Jeremy Hunt as Health Secretary.
LORDS DEBATES USER REPRESENTATION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE.
Thursday, 15 December 2016
Thursday, 15 December 2016
- Watch the Debate on Parliament TV ... www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/6c810706-077b-4e45-8db8-679c8bf6d53d
- Read the Transcriptin Lords' Hansard ... https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2016-12-15
- List of Speakers ... http://www.lordswhips.org.uk/speakers-lists/12122016 - To be published shortly
- Lords' Library Briefing ... http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/LLN-2016-0068#fullreport
GPs, PRIVATE WORK, CHARGING
Lord Storey Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Education)To ask Her Majesty’s Government what, if any, is their policy in respect of GPs who use their NHS surgeries after hours or at lunchtimes for private consultations, while employed by a private provider.
Hansard source (Citation: HL Deb, 7 December 2016, cW)
Lord Prior of Brampton The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health Many general practitioners (GPs) undertake some non-National Health Service work - such as the completion of medical forms for which they charge patients and this is accepted as being part of normal GP practice. GPs are unable to charge registered patients for appointments, and any private work should not impact on their contractual obligation to provide access to services within the core hours of 8am – 6.30pm, Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays, to meet the reasonable needs of their patients.
The National Health Service (General Medical Services – Premises Costs) Directions 2013, provide, that where a third party rents part of the surgery and pays towards the running costs of the premises, this amount must be abated from the amount reimbursed by NHS England.
A copy of the Directions is to be found at;
http://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/643792/original/NHS__General_Medical_Services_-_Premises_Costs__Directions_2013.pdf
Lord Storey Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Education)To ask Her Majesty’s Government what, if any, is their policy in respect of GPs who use their NHS surgeries after hours or at lunchtimes for private consultations, while employed by a private provider.
Hansard source (Citation: HL Deb, 7 December 2016, cW)
Lord Prior of Brampton The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health Many general practitioners (GPs) undertake some non-National Health Service work - such as the completion of medical forms for which they charge patients and this is accepted as being part of normal GP practice. GPs are unable to charge registered patients for appointments, and any private work should not impact on their contractual obligation to provide access to services within the core hours of 8am – 6.30pm, Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays, to meet the reasonable needs of their patients.
The National Health Service (General Medical Services – Premises Costs) Directions 2013, provide, that where a third party rents part of the surgery and pays towards the running costs of the premises, this amount must be abated from the amount reimbursed by NHS England.
A copy of the Directions is to be found at;
http://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/643792/original/NHS__General_Medical_Services_-_Premises_Costs__Directions_2013.pdf