§ Mr. Gardiner:To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the timetable is for the review of the third register; who will conduct the review; and when the report of the review will be published; [140627]
(2) if he will publish the terms of reference for the review of health visiting. [140628]
§ Mr. Hutton:The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has now completed its consultation on the third part of the NMC register, where it is proposed that health visitors will be separately registered.
A separate review of the nursing, midwifery and health visiting contribution to children at risk is being undertaken by the Chief Nursing Officer (England) (CNO) in the light of the recent Green Paper, "Every Child Matters". The scope and process of the review are set out on the CNO web site at www.doh.gov.uk/cno/cnoreview.htm.
788Wto ask Parliament to approve regulations to make identifying information about future donors available on request to donor-conceived people age 18 or older. The Government expect to make a decision on this shortly.