HC Deb 17 April 2000 vol 348 cc325-6W
Mr. Harvey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when he plans to start consultation on a draft order to establish a health professions council; [118313]

(2) when he expects new professions to be able to register with the health professions council; [118314]

(3) what plans he has to repeal the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960; and if he will make a statement; [118315]

(4) what plans he has to implement a regulatory framework to enable further professions to obtain state registration; and if he will make a statement. [118312]

Mr. Denham

We are currently considering the proposals for consultation on legislation to replace the Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine. We hope to be able to publish these shortly.

Helen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made on introducing a statutory registration scheme for operating department practitioners; and if he will make a statement. [118854]

Health authority 2000–01 allocation including additional £660 million (£000) 2000–01 recurrent weighted capitation target (£000) Distance from target (£000) Distance from target (Percentage)
Avon 641,970 649,321 -7,351 -1.13
Barking and Havering 281,533 278,960 2,573 0.92
Barnet 228,234 227,788 447 0.20
Barnsley 171,018 176,397 -5,379 -3.05
Bedfordshire 344,490 358,470 -13,980 -3.90
Berkshire 484,623 500,470 -15,847 -3.17
Bexley and Greenwich 318,047 299,950 18,097 6.03
Birmingham 749,780 745,390 4,390 0.59
Bradford 343,313 347,166 -3,853 -1.11
Brent and Harrow 341,633 334,582 7,051 2.11
Bromley 201,306 201,092 214 0.11
Buckinghamshire 407,599 419,598 -11,999 -2.86
Bury and Rochdale 275,877 276,925 -1,049 -0.38
Calderdale and Kirklees 402,907 403,578 -671 -0.17
Cambridgeshire 442,411 453,098 -10,687 -2.36
Camden and Islington 356,225 349,524 6,701 1.92
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 344,828 339,322 5,506 1.62
County Durham 452,736 461,460 -8,724 -1.89
Coventry 221,753 227,926 -6,172 -2.71
Croydon 223,107 225,624 -2,517 -1.12
Doncaster 216,207 216,634 -427 -0.20
Dorset 487,298 478,263 9,035 1.89
Dudley 200,507 203,550 -3,044 -1.50
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 524,548 524,681 -133 -0.03
East and North Hertfordshire 318,662 322,721 -4,059 -1.26
East Kent 431,841 420,809 11,031 2.62
East Lancashire 384,249 387,072 -2,822 -0.73
East London and the City 545,950 566,894 -20,945 -3.69

Ms Stuart

Section 60 of the Health Act 1999 provides power to regulate new health professions. This is one of the subjects for consultation on proposals to create a new Health Professions Council.