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Research Briefing

National Health Service (Amended Duties and Powers) Bill [Bill 18 of 2014-15]

Friday, 05 December, 2014

This Library briefing paper provides information on the National Health Service (Amended Duties and Powers) Bill, which received its Second Reading on 21 November 2014. The Bill seeks to make changes to a number of provisions in the Health and Social Care Act 2012 relating to: ministerial responsibility for the NHS, competition and procurement policy, and the limits set on NHS hospitals' private income. The Bill also includes measures intended to exempt the NHS from the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Treaty.
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Is pressure on English A&E departments increasing?

Tuesday, 25 November, 2014
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Research Briefing

NHS workforce statistics: England

Tuesday, 19 August, 2014
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Research Briefing

Worsening humanitarian crisis in Syria and Iraq

Tuesday, 08 July, 2014

The plight of civilians in Syria may be about to get a lot worse, as drought ravages the region, ISIS takes over much of the River Euphrates and government services threaten to collapse.
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Have A&E waiting times fallen?

Thursday, 03 July, 2014
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A&E: A Tale of Two Winters

Wednesday, 21 May, 2014
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Research Briefing

Accident and Emergency Performance: England 2013/14

Monday, 14 April, 2014

How many people attended accident and emergency departments in 2013/14? What was the pattern of A&E attendance across the year and across the country? How do NHS trusts compare on key performance metrics such as waiting times?
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Assessing A&E: attendance patterns and waiting times performance

Wednesday, 09 April, 2014
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Research Briefing

Health and Wellbeing Boards (England)

Thursday, 13 March, 2014

This note provides information on Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), which were introduced as statutory committees of all upper-tier local authorities under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. HWBs, which came fully into effect on 1 April 2013, are intended to; improve the health and wellbeing of the people in their area; reduce health inequalities; and, promote the integration of services.
Research Briefing

Local authorities’ public health responsibilities (England)

Thursday, 13 March, 2014

This note sets out the main statutory duties for public health that were conferred on local authorities by the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The note includes information on public health funding; how local authorities have been spending their ring-fenced public health grants; and on accountability arrangements.
Research Briefing

Care.data

Monday, 10 March, 2014

This note provides information about the introduction of the NHS care.data system and the use of patients' data for research, and about how patients’ can opt out of having information from their medical records shared through this system.
Research Briefing

Care Bill [HL] Committee Stage Report

Wednesday, 05 March, 2014

The Bill would consolidate existing legislation for adult social care in England into a single framework, and introduce reforms to the way care and support is accessed and funded. It also includes reforms to the regulation of health services and care standards, and would establish Health Education England (HEE) and the Health Research Authority (HRA) as statutory non-departmental public bodies. The final section of the Bill would enable the establishment of the Better Care Fund to promote joint working between the NHS and care and support services.
Research Briefing

Immigration Bill: Committee Stage Report

Monday, 27 January, 2014

The Immigration Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 10 October 2013 and had its Second Reading on 22 October. It is due to have Report stage and Third Reading on 30 January 2014. This Note discusses the main issues debated in Public Bill Committee.
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Clinical commissioning group (CCG) funding

Monday, 13 January, 2014

This note provides information on the resource allocation formula for distributing funding for health services in England to local commissioning groups: clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). It includes the historical use of allocation formulas; the formula that was proposed and rejected for the 2013-14 funding round; and information on the new CCG allocations for 2014-15 and 2015/16.
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A&E Winter Pressures

Monday, 06 January, 2014
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