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Latest Speeches and articles from Politicians and Think Tanks
Alan Johnson, Andrew Lansley, Meg Hillier, King’s Fund on
Care at end of Life…and more
House of Lords
Health and Social Care Bill (First Day), 21
st April 2008
“In this Bill, the House has a unique opportunity to ensure that the future of our largest
public service is focused on long-term improvement of the health of the nation, rather than on
acute illness. It is an opportunity that we should not let pass by.”
Baroness Barker...
more
Health and Social Care Bill (Second Day), 29
th April 2008
“True engagement with effective service-user and carer involvement enables us to understand
who people are in all their complexity. It is a truism, but important none the less, that services
would not exist if people did not require help, support and treatment. The service exists for the
service user.”
Lord Patel of Bradford...
more
Health and Social Care Bill (Third Day), 30
th April 2008
House of Commons
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, 12
th May 2008 (2
nd reading)
“I hope that the Secretary of State accepts that whatever Members’ views about the Bill may
be, we all want people with debilitating and incurable diseases to be treated and to live a full
and long life”.
Mark Pritchard...
more
National DNA Database, 21
st April 2008
“The forensic science capability in this country is a very important issue. We are keen to
ensure that we have proper forensic support across those bodies that supply that, including the
police, and we now have a permanent regulator in the form of Andrew Rennison, who ensures that our
forensics work is of top scientific quality.”
Meg Hillier...
more
Think Tank round up
KING'S FUND
Paying the Price: The cost of mental health care in England to
2026, May 2008
Recognising the significance of mental health in terms of both expenditure and the overall
health of the population, the King’s Fund commissioned a review to look at current and projected
needs for mental health services and their related costs to 2026.
Paul McCrone, Sujith Dhanasiri, Anita Patel, Martin Knapp, Simon
Lawton-Smith
. ..more
Improving Environments for Care at End of Life, April 2008
Shares the lessons from a pilot programme launched in 2006 to improve environments for care
at end of life. Includes photographs and experience from the eight pilot sites
....more
Improving Choice at End of Life, April 2008
This paper provides a descriptive analysis of the impact and costs of new services as part of
the Marie Curie Delivering Choice Programme, which was launched in 2004
...more
Audit Commission
Improving medium-term financial planning, 19th March 2008
This briefing is based on a review of PCT local delivery plans and MTFPs. We have visited a
sample of PCTs to identify the characteristics and activities associated with good medium-term
financial planning
..more
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