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Lords motion to consider. Agreed to on question.
Lords motion to consider. Agreed to on question.
My Lords, I come before the Committee today to introduce the draft affirmative regulations under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014. The regulations before us relate to some of the most important elements of the Care Act, which consolidated 60 years of fragmented legislation into a single modern statute...
My Lords, I come before the Committee today to introduce the draft affirmative regulations under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014. The regulations before us relate to some of the most important elements of the Care Act, which consolidated 60 years of fragmented legislation into a single modern statute...
My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken for their questions and comments on these regulations. I turn first to the regulations relating to business failure duties and market oversight criteria, and in particular to the question posed by the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, about why...
My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken for their questions and comments on these regulations. I turn first to the regulations relating to business failure duties and market oversight criteria, and in particular to the question posed by the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, about why...
I shall have to take advice before answering, but I will be happy to answer the question as soon as I receive inspiration.
Implementing the Care Act will be a challenge for local government, and takes place in the context of competing policy and financial pressures. However,
we have already announced £470...
I shall have to take advice before answering, but I will be happy to answer the question as soon as I receive inspiration.
Implementing the Care Act will be a challenge for local government, and takes place in the context of competing policy and financial pressures. However,
we have already announced £470...
I will be very happy to do so.
The noble Baroness, Lady Wheeler, referred to the closure of the Independent Living Fund, and asked for the Government to provide guidance in the light of that. In response to the views of stakeholders during the consultation, we have provided guidance on how...
I will be very happy to do so.
The noble Baroness, Lady Wheeler, referred to the closure of the Independent Living Fund, and asked for the Government to provide guidance in the light of that. In response to the views of stakeholders during the consultation, we have provided guidance on how...
My Lords, I have only a few more remarks to make. I was explaining the measures that we would take centrally and nationally to inform the public, including door drops to 2.5 million households and articles in the national media, as well as local radio and digital activity. The first...
My Lords, I have only a few more remarks to make. I was explaining the measures that we would take centrally and nationally to inform the public, including door drops to 2.5 million households and articles in the national media, as well as local radio and digital activity. The first...
My Hon friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health (Dr Daniel Poulter) has made the following written ministerial statement.
We greatly value the contributions that healthcare professionals from all over the world have made, and continue to make to our NHS, but it is essential that they...
My Hon friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health (Dr Daniel Poulter) has made the following written ministerial statement.
We greatly value the contributions that healthcare professionals from all over the world have made, and continue to make to our NHS, but it is essential that they...
My Lords, it is a privilege to open this debate. Care and support are things that everyone will experience at some point in their lives, whether they need it themselves, know a family member or a friend who does, or provide care themselves. Yet today’s care and support system often...
My Lords, it is a privilege to open this debate. Care and support are things that everyone will experience at some point in their lives, whether they need it themselves, know a family member or a friend who does, or provide care themselves. Yet today’s care and support system often...
I begin by thanking everyone who has spoken today. There have been some excellent and highly informed contributions from all sides of the House. Health and care matter to us all throughout our lives; the quality of the contributions today demonstrates how important the issues are in this Bill. I...
I begin by thanking everyone who has spoken today. There have been some excellent and highly informed contributions from all sides of the House. Health and care matter to us all throughout our lives; the quality of the contributions today demonstrates how important the issues are in this Bill. I...
Lords second reading. Agreed to on question. Bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
Lords second reading. Agreed to on question. Bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will make an announcement when they have reached agreement with the General Medical Council on the level of English language skills to be required of European Union doctors practising in the United Kingdom; and what criteria they will apply in deciding whether to...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will make an announcement when they have reached agreement with the General Medical Council on the level of English language skills to be required of European Union doctors practising in the United Kingdom; and what criteria they will apply in deciding whether to...
The department is working constructively with the General Medical Council (GMC) to determine the criteria to be applied before language testing, including what evidence European Union doctors would provide to demonstrate that they have the required language ability before testing would be required. It will also be for the GMC to determine what level of English language is necessary. There will be a public consultation on this policy during summer 2013.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the average cost of the conduct of a technology appraisal by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.[HL5371]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the average cost of the conduct of a technology appraisal by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.[HL5371]
We have made no such estimate. Based on its 2011-15 business plan, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) estimates the average cost for producing a piece of technology appraisal guidance to be £103,075. This is based on a budget allocation for its technology appraisals programme of £4,123,000 and the projected publication of 40 technology appraisals in 2011-12. NICE has not produced figures based on actual spend and outputs. In addition, academic support for the NICE appraisal programme is commissioned separately by the National Institute for Health Research.
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Dr Daniel Poulter) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
We have today laid before Parliament the Government response to the House of Com mons Health Select Committee’s R eport of Session 2012-13: 2012 A ccountability H earing with the...
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Dr Daniel Poulter) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
We have today laid before Parliament the Government response to the House of Com mons Health Select Committee’s R eport of Session 2012-13: 2012 A ccountability H earing with the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 16 January (WA 134), under what provisions of European law the systematic testing of language competence at the point of medical doctor registration is prohibited. [HL4806]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 16 January (WA 134), under what provisions of European law the systematic testing of language competence at the point of medical doctor registration is prohibited. [HL4806]
The directive (2005/36/EC) on the recognition of professional qualifications sets out a system of automatic recognition of medical qualifications underpinned by common minimum standards of training for doctors. Article 21 requires the United Kingdom to recognise such medical qualifications obtained by European Economic Area doctors and to provide those doctors with the same access to the profession as UK doctors. Article 8 enables member states to undertake checks at the point of registration, to verify the doctor;s identity, the validity of their qualification and that they are in “good standing” with their home member state, but language capability is not a matter which is permitted to be checked at this point.
Article 53 of the directive states that “Persons benefiting from the recognition of professional qualifications shall have a knowledge of languages necessary for practising the profession in the host member state”. This implies that recognition has occurred before language testing is assessed and therefore language cannot be a pre-condition to registration. European Commission guidance on the directive makes it clear that the lack of language knowledge cannot be a ground for refusal of the recognition of qualifications.
Case law from the Court of Justice of the European Union makes it clear that systematic language testing is not permissible. Language requirements may be imposed for reasons of general interest but may only be applied in a proportionate way.
However, we recognise that there is considerable scope for strengthening the system of checks after the point of registration. We are evaluating options and will be making recommendations in due course.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when and why they intend to change the law so that doctors who have qualified in the European Union have their language skills tested to prove they can speak English adequately before they can practice in the United Kingdom; and why it is not currently...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when and why they intend to change the law so that doctors who have qualified in the European Union have their language skills tested to prove they can speak English adequately before they can practice in the United Kingdom; and why it is not currently...
In pursuit of the Government’s objective to strengthen the arrangements to ensure that all doctors practising in England have sufficient knowledge of English, we are exploring options to amend the Medical Act 1983. This is to strengthen the General Medical Council's (GMC’s) powers so that the GMC can undertake checks on language knowledge where legitimate concerns arise during the registration process about a doctor’s ability to communicate effectively, and before there is evidence of malpractice. The department is working constructively with the GMC, and we envisage that shortly we will be announcing further steps to develop the policy.
Systematic testing of language competence at the point of registration would not be lawful under European Law.
Lords debate on motion to take note of the report of the European Union Committee on Safety First: Mobility of Healthcare Professionals in the EU (HL 201 2010-12). Agreed to on question.
Lords debate on motion to take note of the report of the European Union Committee on Safety First: Mobility of Healthcare Professionals in the EU (HL 201 2010-12). Agreed to on question.
My Lords, I echo the comments just made by the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton. I, too, am extremely grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Young, for her work and the work of her sub-committee in undertaking the inquiry that it did and for producing the report which has proved extremely...
My Lords, I echo the comments just made by the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton. I, too, am extremely grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Young, for her work and the work of her sub-committee in undertaking the inquiry that it did and for producing the report which has proved extremely...
Lords debate on motion to take note of the report of the Commission on Funding of Care and Support and the future of social care. Agreed to on question.
Lords debate on motion to take note of the report of the Commission on Funding of Care and Support and the future of social care. Agreed to on question.
I am sure that is a factor that should be taken fully into account. If I can tell the noble Lord more about that when I return to the department, I shall be very pleased to do so. The noble Lord, Lord Warner, whom I thank for his work on...
I am sure that is a factor that should be taken fully into account. If I can tell the noble Lord more about that when I return to the department, I shall be very pleased to do so. The noble Lord, Lord Warner, whom I thank for his work on...