Proceeding contribution from Baroness Meacher (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 17 March 2009. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Health Bill [HL].

Health Bill [HL]

Amendment 128 128: After Clause 32, insert the following new Clause— "Income Income from private health care in NHS foundation trusts For subsections (1) to (7) of section 44 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41) (private health care) substitute— "(1) For the purposes of the treatment of income derived from private charges, NHS foundation trusts will have parity with all other NHS trusts. (2) NHS trusts receiving income from private patient services will be required to demonstrate the benefit to their NHS patients. (3) "Private charges" means charges imposed in respect of goods and services provided to patients other than patients being provided with goods and services for the purposes of the health service.""

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 709 c64GC
Session: 2008-09
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects: Disclosure of information Dental services Data protection Admissions Asylum Contamination Blood Hospitals Health services Fees and charges Donors Health insurance HIV/AIDS Income General practitioners Hospital beds Haemophilia NHS Patients Organs Overseas visitors NHS foundation trusts Statistics Waiting lists Standards Transport Transplant surgery Tax allowances Revenue and Customs Department of Health Spinal injuries
Legislation: Health Bill (HL) 2008-09
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Health Bill [HL]

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