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Health and Social Care Bill

My Lords, we live in a time of rising fear. We fear losing our jobs, we fear riots in the streets and we fear that our economic future and our country's place in the world are no longer secure. A little over 60 years ago, the National Health Service was...
Member
Lord Darzi of Denham (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
11 October 2011
Reference
730 c1492-4
House
House of Lords
NHS: Future Forum

My Lords, I welcome the Statement from the noble Earl and also congratulate him on his leadership in getting us back on track. One of the commonest sayings about a good clinician, whether a doctor or nurse, is that they listen to a patient but also seek the opinion of...
Member
Lord Darzi of Denham (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
14 June 2011
Reference
728 c684
House
House of Lords
Health: Dermatology

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent research showing that 24 per cent of general practitioners' workload isabout skin conditions; and whether they will require dermatology to become a mandatory part of medical students' and general practitioners' training.
Asked by
Baroness Masham of Ilton (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 July 2009
Reference
5168; 712 c282-3WA
House
House of Lords
NHS: Non-UK Residents

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Ann Keen) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Since the publication of the cross-government immigration enforcement strategy Enforcing the Rules: A Strategy to Ensure and Enforce Compliance with our Immigration Laws, the Department of Health and the Home...
Member
Lord Darzi of Denham (Labour)
Department
Department of Health
Type
Written statements
Date
20 July 2009
Reference
712 c158-60WS
House
House of Lords
NHS: Primary Care Trust Finances

To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of general practitioner practices are engaged in practice-based commissioning as envisaged by their 2005 manifesto commitment to develop such commissioning; and what proportion of primary care trust commissioning budgets in each strategic health authority area is spent on practice-based commissioning in the latest...
Asked by
Lord Warner (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 July 2009
Reference
712 c155-6WA; 4743
House
House of Lords
Health: Skin

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had on whether to make dermatology a compulsory part of the curriculum for those training to become (a) general practitioners, (b) nurses, and (c) pharmacists.
Asked by
Baroness Masham of Ilton (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 2009
Reference
4404; 711 c289WA
House
House of Lords
Health: Cervical Smears

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Ann Keen) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I announced in my Written Ministerial Statement on13 March 2009 (Official Report, col. 36WS), that we had asked the independent Advisory Committee on Cervical Screening (ACCS) to formally review the...
Member
Lord Darzi of Denham (Labour)
Department
Department of Health
Type
Written statements
Date
24 June 2009
Reference
711 c118-9WS
House
House of Lords
Health: Skin

To ask Her Majesty's Government what training in the diagnosis of skin diseases is available to (a) general practitioners, (b) nurses, and (c) other medical staff.
Asked by
Baroness Masham of Ilton (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 2009
Reference
4403; 711 c289WA
House
House of Lords
Health: GPs

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many general practitioners there were in the National Health Service in (a) 1998, and (b) 2008.
Asked by
Lord Jones (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 March 2009
Reference
2110; 709 c117WA
House
House of Lords
Health: GPs

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made by primary care trusts in commissioning comprehensive well-being and prevention services under the GP access and responsiveness programme; and to what extent the six key goals, including sexual health, have been taken into account in that programme.
Asked by
Baroness Gould of Potternewton (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 February 2009
Reference
707 c191-2WA; 1111
House
House of Lords
Health: Epilepsy

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, as part of the current review of the quality and outcomes framework, they will ensure that primary care trusts collate information about epilepsy patients under the age of 18 to enable services to be developed in line with local needs.
Asked by
Earl Howe (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 February 2009
Reference
707 c177WA; 1049
House
House of Lords
Health: GP Surgeries
My Lords, I said that 50 per cent of GP practices are open for longer but in fact 70 per cent across the country are opening longer, and we anticipate that that figure will have improved by March. As for inequalities, the extra £100 million that the Government have invested includes provision for setting up 112 traditional primary care practices to tackle inequalities. That is in addition to our attempts to develop the quality of care provided in deprived areas through improvements in the QOF scores.
Answered by
Lord Darzi of Denham (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
9 February 2009
Reference
707 c940
House
House of Lords
Health: GP Surgeries
My Lords, I have no doubt that that information is recorded and measured at a practice level and that many general practitioner colleagues and staff, such as practice managers, are actively recording that information and feeding it back to patients who may, as the noble Lord points out, be abusing the system.
Answered by
Lord Darzi of Denham (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
9 February 2009
Reference
707 c940
House
House of Lords
Health: GP Surgeries
My Lords, the recent survey we carried out showed that 87 per cent of the population are happy with their ability to obtain appointments within 48 hours. I could not agree more with the noble Baroness that flexibility is an important part of that. I am delighted to report that nearly 70 per cent of patients can also book the specific general practitioner whom they wish to visit.
Answered by
Lord Darzi of Denham (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
9 February 2009
Reference
707 c940
House
House of Lords
Health: GP Surgeries
My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend. To reaffirm the points he made, I understand that we currently have the highest satisfaction levels with the NHS since patient satisfaction surveys began.
Answered by
Lord Darzi of Denham (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
9 February 2009
Reference
707 c941-2
House
House of Lords
Health: GP Surgeries
My Lords, that is part of our policy: ““extended opening hours”” refers not only to evenings but also to Saturday mornings. As I said, a large number of practices—50 per cent to date—are opening on Saturday mornings to meet the needs of the local population.
Answered by
Lord Darzi of Denham (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
9 February 2009
Reference
707 c940
House
House of Lords
Health: GP Surgeries
My Lords, all of these health centres will have a general practitioner available from eight in the morning to eight in the evening, seven days a week. As the noble Lord will be fully aware, in addition to a general practitioner, other team members, including nurses, practice managers and others, will be available.
Answered by
Lord Darzi of Denham (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
9 February 2009
Reference
707 c941
House
House of Lords
Health: GP Surgeries
My Lords, as a medical practitioner like the noble Lord, this is the first time I have heard that patients may not wish to see doctors being available out of hours. The answer is that we have negotiated contractually with the BMA to ensure that within each area there are certainly a number of practices that might offer extended opening hours. I have no doubt that collaboration at local level will allow a degree of flexibility.
Answered by
Lord Darzi of Denham (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
9 February 2009
Reference
707 c941
House
House of Lords
Health: GP Surgeries
My Lords, I think that the noble Baroness is referring to out-of-hours home visits by general practitioners. I agree that it was an issue, and it is why 10 regions around the country have considered the acute pathway in designing services around the needs of patients out of hours, possibly including a dedicated telephone number by which a patient can be evaluated and the appropriate expertise sent in an out-of-hours visit to meet the needs of the patient.
Answered by
Lord Darzi of Denham (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
9 February 2009
Reference
707 c941
House
House of Lords
Health: GP Surgeries
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in extending the opening hours of general practices.
Asked by
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
9 February 2009
Reference
707 c939
House
House of Lords