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Health services

  • Research Briefing

    Pay in the NHS

    Thursday, 14 October, 2010

    This note gives details of pay bands and actual earnings of hospital doctors, GPs and other NHS staff in England

    • Research Briefing
    • Health services
  • Research Briefing

    Epilepsy Statistics

    Tuesday, 05 October, 2010

    A short note summarising prevalence, mortality and prescribing data on epilepsy. Gavin Thompson and Lorna Booth.

    • Research Briefing
    • Health services
    • Medicine
  • Research Briefing

    Electronic Patient Records: the roll-out of the Summary Care Record

    Tuesday, 22 June, 2010

    • Research Briefing
    • Health services
  • Research Briefing

    Personal Care at Home Bill. Bill 11 2009-10.

    Wednesday, 09 December, 2009

    In September 2009, the Government announced that it would be introducing free personal care for people living in their own home with the highest care needs. The Bill follows proposals announced earlier in the year in the Shaping the Future of Care Together green paper to create a National Care Service for social care. It is intended that the introduction of free personal care will be the first step in setting up the National Care Service.

    • Research Briefing
    • Community care
    • Health services
  • Research Briefing

    Indicators of hospital performance published by the Care Quality Commission and Dr. Foster Research

    Thursday, 03 December, 2009

    This note examines measures of hospital standards and patient safety published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Dr. Foster Research Limited and critically appraises the methodology underpinning their assessments. Concerns have been raised about the lack of consistency between the CQC and Dr. Foster ratings; in the final section, a comparison is made between the two, and some explanations for the discrepancies are offered.

    • Research Briefing
    • Communities
    • Health services
    • Parliament
  • Research Briefing

    Effects of Alcohol tax cuts in Finland in 2004

    Thursday, 15 October, 2009

    This note examines the effects of 2004 tax cuts on Finnish alcohol consumption and related harm.

    • Research Briefing
    • Communities
    • Crime
    • Health services
  • Research Briefing

    Bed Availability in England

    Thursday, 08 October, 2009

    • Research Briefing
    • Health services
  • Research Briefing

    Health Bill [HL]: Committee Stage Report

    Monday, 20 July, 2009

    This is an account of the House of Commons Committee Stage of the Health Bill [HL] prepared for the Report Stage of the Bill due on 12 October 2009. It supplements Research Papers 09/48 and 09/49, which were prepared for the Second Reading of the Bill in the Commons on 8 June 2009.

    • Research Briefing
    • Health services
  • Research Briefing

    Autism Bill: Committee Stage Report (Bill 98 2008-09)

    Wednesday, 10 June, 2009

    This is a report of the House of Commons Committee Stage of the Autism Bill. It complements Research Paper 09/17 prepared for the Commons Second Reading debate.

    • Research Briefing
    • Education
    • Health services
  • Research Briefing

    Health Bill [HL]: Tobacco control provisions (Bill 97 2008-09)

    Monday, 01 June, 2009

    Part 3 of the Health Bill (HL) 2008-09 contains tobacco control provisions designed to protect children and young people from the harm caused by smoking. This paper provides information on current legislation and policy in respect of the display and sale of tobacco products from retail premises and vending machines as well as outlining the changes proposed in the Bill.

    • Research Briefing
    • Health services
    • Industry
  • Research Briefing

    Health Bill [HL] (excluding tobacco provisions) (Bill 97 2008-09)

    Monday, 01 June, 2009

    This Research Paper has been written for the Second Reading of the Health Bill [HL] following its passage through the House of Lords, where it was introduced on 15 January 2009. The bill as introduced covered ten policy areas, including the sale of tobacco, which is the subject of Library Research Paper 09/49.

    • Research Briefing
    • Health services
  • Research Briefing

    Mortality rates at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust

    Monday, 18 May, 2009

    The objective of this note is to explain the concept of hospiral standardised motality ratios, and summarise the statistics relating to HSMRs at mid-Staffordshire that were available before the March-October 2008 Healthcare Commission investigation, and those that came to light afterwards.

    • Research Briefing
    • Communities
    • Health services
  • Research Briefing

    Autism Bill (Bill 10 of 2008-09)

    Wednesday, 25 February, 2009

    This Bill would require local authorities to collect and share information about people with autism, in order to assist in the provision of services. The Bill also contains measures to promote multi-agency working in the delivery of services, and the effective transition from child to adult services, for people with autism.

    • Research Briefing
    • Children's social services
    • Community care
    • Health services
  • Research Briefing

    Measles and MMR statistics

    Tuesday, 17 February, 2009

    This note summarises the latest statistics on measles incidence and rates of immunisation. It also discusses the effect of media coverage on public confidence in the MMR triple vaccine, and compares the UK's immunisation rates with the rest of the OECD.

    • Research Briefing
    • Diseases
    • Health services
    • Medicine
    • Sciences
  • Research Briefing

    Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill – What Happened?

    Tuesday, 11 November, 2008

    This Note describes the passage of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill 2008 through Parliament.

    • Research Briefing
    • Health
    • Health services

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