HL Deb 20 March 1997 vol 579 cc1066-8

3 After Clause 1, insert the following new clause—

>PROVISION OF PERSONAL MEDICAL SERVICES UNDER A PILOT SCHEME

(" .—(1) This section applies to any pilot scheme under which personal medical services are provided.

(2) An agreement which constitutes, or is one of the agreements which together constitute, a pilot scheme may be made by an authority only with one or more of the following—

  1. (a) an NHS trust;
  2. (b) a suitably experienced medical practitioner;
  3. (c) an NHS employee or a pilot scheme employee;
  4. (d) a qualifying body;
  5. (e) an individual who is providing personal medical services under that or another pilot scheme.

(3) In this section—

"NHS employee" means an individual who, in connection with the provision of services in the health service, is employed by—

  1. (a) an NHS trust;
  2. (b) a medical practitioner whose name is included in a medical list; or
  3. (c) a medical practitioner who is providing personal medical services in accordance with a pilot scheme;
"pilot scheme employee" means an individual who, in connection with the provision of personal medical services in accordance with a pilot scheme, is employed by an individual providing those services;

"qualifying body" means a company which is limited by shares all of which are legally and beneficially owned by persons falling within paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (e) of subsection (2).

(4) For the purposes of this section, a medical practitioner is suitably experienced if he is suitably experienced for the purposes of section 9 of this Act, section 31 of the 1977 Act or section 21 of the 1978 Act.

(5) In this Part, "medical list" means—

  1. (a) in relation to England and Wales, a list prepared in accordance with regulations made under section 29(2)(a) of the 1977 Act;
  2. (b) in relation to Scotland, a list prepared in accordance with regulations made under section 19(2)(a) of the 1978 Act.").

4 Insert the following new clause—

PROVISION OF PERSONAL DENTAL SERVICES UNDER A PILOT SCHEME

(" .—(1) This section applies to any pilot scheme under which personal dental services are provided.

(2) An agreement which constitutes, or is one of the agreements which together constitute, a pilot scheme may be made by an authority only with one or more of the following—

  1. (a) an NHS trust:
  2. (b) a dental practitioner whose name is included in a dental list;
  3. (c) an NHS employee or a pilot scheme employee;
  4. (d) a qualifying body;
  5. (e) an individual who is providing personal dental services under that or another pilot scheme.

(3) In this section—

"dental list" means—

  1. (a) in relation to England and Wales, a list prepared in accordance with regulations made under section 36(1)(a) of the 1977 Act;
  2. (b) in relation to Scotland, a list prepared in accordance with regulations made under section 25(2)(a) of the 1978 Act;

"NHS employee" means an individual who, in connection with the provision of services in the health service, is employed by—

  1. (a) an NHS trust;
  2. (b) a dental practitioner whose name is included in a dental list; or
  3. (c) a dental practitioner who is providing personal dental services in accordance with a pilot scheme;

"pilot scheme employee" means an individual who, in connection with the provision of personal dental services in accordance with a pilot scheme, is employed by an individual providing those services;

"qualifying body" means—

  1. (a) a body corporate which, in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of the Dentists Act 1984, is entitled to carry on the business of dentistry; or
  2. (b) a company which is limited by shares all of which are legally and beneficially owned by persons falling within paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (e) of subsection (2).").

5 Clause 2, page 2, line 35, leave out from beginning to end of line 40 and insert—

("(2) An authority must prepare and submit such proposals if they are asked to do so by a person—

  1. (a) who wishes to provide piloted services, and
  2. (b) with whom an agreement which constitutes, or is part of, a pilot scheme may be made;
but otherwise they may not do so.").

6 Page 3, line 11, leave out subsection (7).

Baroness Cumberledge

My Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in the Amendments Nos. 3 to 6 en bloc. I spoke to these amendments when dealing with Amendment No. 2.

Moved, That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 3 to 6.—(Baroness Cumberledge).

On Question, Motion agreed to.