§ Mr. Woodward:To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the capital projects (a) built and (b) being built in connection with health care provision in St. Helens in each year since 1997. [141476]
§ Miss Melanie Johnson:The information is shown in the table.
§ Mr. Gardiner:To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many ministerial commitments to consult and respect the views of the profession were met during consideration on the review of the third register. [140630]
§ Mr. Hutton:The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is required by the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 to consult representatives of any group of persons it considered appropriate including, as it sees fit, representatives of registrants or class of registrant, employers of registrants, users of the services of registrants and persons providing assessing or funding education or training for registrants or prospective registrants.
In exercising its function, the NMC must have proper regard to the interests of all registrants and prospective registrants and to any differing considerations applying to the professions and to groups within them.
I am satisfied that the NMC has consulted both appropriately and sufficiently in regard to this review.
§ Mr. Gardiner:To ask the Secretary of State for Health when and by whom the health visiting profession was consulted regarding the third register; and what the outcome was of the consultation. [140631]
§ Mr. Hutton:The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is an independent statutory body and is required to consult representatives of any group of persons it considers appropriate. Further specific information in respect of this is a matter for the NMC.