Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — New Clause 9 — Foundation Patients' Fora — 8 Jul 2003 at 16:36

'(1) The Secretary of State shall establish a body to be known as a Foundation Patients' Forum-

(a) for each NHS Trust which has made an application under section 4(2);

(b) for each person who has been incorporated as a public benefit corporation under section 5(5).

(2) The members of the Foundation Patients' Forum are to be appointed by the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health.

(3) Once the Foundation Patients' Forum has been established, it may do anything (including the things mentioned in subsection (4) below) which appears to it to be necessary or desirable for the purpose of preparing for effective patient and public involvement in the NHS Trust or public benefit corporation once it becomes a Foundation Trust.

(4) A Foundation Patients' Forum must-

(a) monitor and review the range and operation of services provided by, or under arrangements made by, the trust for which it is established,

(b) obtain the views of patients' and their carers about those matters and report on those views to the trust,

(c) provide advice, and make reports and recommendations, about matters relating to the range and operation of those services to the trust,

(d) make available to patients and their carers advice and information about those services,

(e) in prescribed circumstances, perform any prescribed function of the trust with respect to the provision of a service affording assistance to patients and their families and carers,

(f) carry out such other functions as may be prescribed.

(5) In providing advice or making recommendations under subsection (4)(c), a Foundation Patients' Forum must have regard to the views of patients and their carers.

(6) If, in the course of exercising its functions, a Foundation Patients' Forum becomes aware of any matter which in its view-

(a) should be considered by a relevant overview and scrutiny committee, the Forum may refer that matter to the committee,

(b) should be brought to the attention of the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health, it may refer that matter to the Commission.

(7) Subsection (6) does not prejudice the power of a Foundation Patients' Forum to make such other representations or referrals as it thinks fit, to such persons or bodies as it thinks fit about matters arising in the course of its exercising its functions.

(8) An NHS Trust or public benefit corporation exercising its powers under sections 4(4)(b) or 5(7)(b) as the case may be shall be obliged to have regard to and take account of the reports and recommendations of the Foundation Patients' Forum.

(9) The governors and non-executive directors of the Foundation Trust shall be obliged to respond in writing to the reports and recommendations of the Foundation Patients' Forum.

(10) All the members, governors and directors of a Foundation Trust shall be obliged to have regard to and take account of the reports and recommendations of the Foundation Patients' Forum in exercising their functions within the Foundation Trust.

(11) The terms in this section shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of section 15(8) and (9) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c.17).'.-[Joan Ryan.]

Brought up, and read the First time.

Motion made, and Question put, That the clause be read a Second time:-

The House divided: Ayes 194, Noes 340.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

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What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con0 133081.6%
DUP0 50100.0%
Independent0 10100.0%
Independent Conservative0 10100.0%
Independent Ulster Unionist0 30100.0%
Lab338 (+2 tell) 1083.4%
LDem0 41 (+2 tell)081.1%
PC0 40100.0%
SNP0 50100.0%
UUP2 0066.7%
Total:340 194083.2%

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Patrick HallBedfordLabaye

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