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Proceeding contribution from Lord Warner (Labour) in the House of Lords on Monday, 14 November 2011. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Health and Social Care Bill.

Health and Social Care Bill

I am sorry to interrupt the noble Earl but I am still puzzled about where he and the department are taking this concept of the senate and how it fits in with the regional specialist commissioning set-up, which already exists and which has 10 regional commissioning capabilities aligned with the SHA areas. I am not clear about whether that work is to be folded into the senates. Is it free-standing? Are the lessons all to be lost, and what are the costs of this? What does hosting the senate mean in terms of costs, because there are costs to these regional bodies that are undertaking the work on specialist commissioning? I am at a loss to understand how these two elements—the senates and the regional commissioning capability that is there now—coexist and what the cost implication is of hosting senates alongside those.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
732 c540 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Complaints Disclosure of information Charities Equality Health Education Governing bodies Exemptions Health professions Health authorities Local government NHS Patients Membership Public appointments Primary care trusts Standards Voluntary organisations Training Reform Taxation VAT Risk assessment Information Commissioner's Office National Patient Safety Agency NHS Commissioning Board Health Education England Clinical commissioning groups
Legislation
Health and Social Care Bill 2010-12
Link
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