How much the National Health Service has spent on redundancy costs in each of the last 10 financial years.

How much the National Health Service has spent on redundancy costs in each of the last 10 financial years.

My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Rea, for his very topical subject for debate. It is topical because noble Lords will be aware that in the past two weeks, Patricia Hewitt has appointed Sir Ian Carruthers, who was until recently the acting head of the NHS, as...

My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Rea, for his very topical subject for debate. It is topical because noble Lords will be aware that in the past two weeks, Patricia Hewitt has appointed Sir Ian Carruthers, who was until recently the acting head of the NHS, as...

My Lords, it is always interesting to follow my noble friend Lord Taverne in a debate. I look forward to taking part in debates with him as he is not only an incredibly knowledgeable but a very passionate speaker. It is important not to lose sight of what we are...

My Lords, it is always interesting to follow my noble friend Lord Taverne in a debate. I look forward to taking part in debates with him as he is not only an incredibly knowledgeable but a very passionate speaker. It is important not to lose sight of what we are...

Further to the comments by the Lord Warner on 7th June (HL Deb, col. 1269), what budget the Department of Health has allocated for the provision of turnaround teams to work with National Health Service trusts, primary care trusts and strategic health authorities; and

Further to the comments by the Lord Warner on 7th June (HL Deb, col. 1269), what budget the Department of Health has allocated for the provision of turnaround teams to work with National Health Service trusts, primary care trusts and strategic health authorities; and

Which firms supply the personnel for turnaround teams for National Health Service trusts, primary care trusts and strategic health authorities.

Which firms supply the personnel for turnaround teams for National Health Service trusts, primary care trusts and strategic health authorities.

How many turnaround teams have been sent to work with National Health Service trusts, primary care trusts and strategic health authorities since January 2006; and what has been the cost of these teams; and

How many turnaround teams have been sent to work with National Health Service trusts, primary care trusts and strategic health authorities since January 2006; and what has been the cost of these teams; and

Whether the cost of turnaround teams for National Health Service trusts, primary care trusts and strategic health authorities are met by individual trusts or authorities or by the Department of Health centrally; and

Whether the cost of turnaround teams for National Health Service trusts, primary care trusts and strategic health authorities are met by individual trusts or authorities or by the Department of Health centrally; and

My Lords, I, too, thank the Minister for his introduction to these regulations. Along with the noble Earl, Lord Howe, I was privileged to be one of the small band of people in this House who worked in some detail on the Mental Capacity Act. It is a piece of...

My Lords, I, too, thank the Minister for his introduction to these regulations. Along with the noble Earl, Lord Howe, I was privileged to be one of the small band of people in this House who worked in some detail on the Mental Capacity Act. It is a piece of...

My Lords, I, too, thank the Minister for repeating the Statement made in another place. Given that I have on a number of occasions in debates in your Lordships’ House talked about the need to move services away from acute hospitals to settings that are more advantageous and afford easier...

My Lords, I, too, thank the Minister for repeating the Statement made in another place. Given that I have on a number of occasions in debates in your Lordships’ House talked about the need to move services away from acute hospitals to settings that are more advantageous and afford easier...

My Lords, I indicated during our earlier discussions that we, too, have a great deal of sympathy with the noble Lord, Lord Palmer. I believe that he has the basis of an extremely good idea here. I support it not because it is likely to dissuade patients from taking medicines...

My Lords, I indicated during our earlier discussions that we, too, have a great deal of sympathy with the noble Lord, Lord Palmer. I believe that he has the basis of an extremely good idea here. I support it not because it is likely to dissuade patients from taking medicines...

My Lords, I want to make just three points to make the Liberal Democrat Front-Bench position clear. I do not regard my noble friend Lord Russell-Johnston, of whom I am very fond, as politically incorrect; he is just incorrect on this matter. As we have said in previous debates, residual...

My Lords, I want to make just three points to make the Liberal Democrat Front-Bench position clear. I do not regard my noble friend Lord Russell-Johnston, of whom I am very fond, as politically incorrect; he is just incorrect on this matter. As we have said in previous debates, residual...

My Lords, we support the amendment of the noble Earl, Lord Howe, for all the reasons that he has set out. If this provision goes ahead, I too feel that, inevitably, there will be a slant in favour of the big providers and away from the small, community-based pharmacies or sole traders....

My Lords, we support the amendment of the noble Earl, Lord Howe, for all the reasons that he has set out. If this provision goes ahead, I too feel that, inevitably, there will be a slant in favour of the big providers and away from the small, community-based pharmacies or sole traders....

My Lords, I thank the Minister for taking the time to go through the arguments once again. I hope he will accept that I am not in any way against the use of technologies that will enable pharmacists to be more efficient or to take on other roles, but my central point remains...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for taking the time to go through the arguments once again. I hope he will accept that I am not in any way against the use of technologies that will enable pharmacists to be more efficient or to take on other roles, but my central point remains...

moved Amendment No. 31:"Page 25, line 36, leave out from ““time”” to end of line 38." The noble Baroness said: My Lords, this amendment returns to similar ground to that covered by the noble Earl’s amendment. I, too, came away from our deliberations in Grand Committee uneasy about the proposals to change the regime...

moved Amendment No. 31:"Page 25, line 36, leave out from ““time”” to end of line 38." The noble Baroness said: My Lords, this amendment returns to similar ground to that covered by the noble Earl’s amendment. I, too, came away from our deliberations in Grand Committee uneasy about the proposals to change the regime...

My Lords, I, too, welcome the way in which the Government have taken on board some of the issues that were presented to the Minister during Grand Committee. Rather like the noble Earl, Lord Howe, I want to ask the Minister for clarification of whether paragraph (a) in Amendment No. 7 refers to places...

My Lords, I, too, welcome the way in which the Government have taken on board some of the issues that were presented to the Minister during Grand Committee. Rather like the noble Earl, Lord Howe, I want to ask the Minister for clarification of whether paragraph (a) in Amendment No. 7 refers to places...

My Lords, I have a certain degree of sympathy with the noble Earl’s objective. As somebody who loves reading, pubs are interesting places if you ever find yourself stuck without a book or newspaper; there is an awful lot to keep one’s attention. My point for the noble Earl, which I put...

My Lords, I have a certain degree of sympathy with the noble Earl’s objective. As somebody who loves reading, pubs are interesting places if you ever find yourself stuck without a book or newspaper; there is an awful lot to keep one’s attention. My point for the noble Earl, which I put...