Clause 18 - Supplementary
NHS Reform & Health Care Professions Bill
4:00 pm
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire, Conservative)
Does my hon. Friend agree that the Under-Secretary might have proposed that those who are severely handicapped or who have the problems as set out in the briefing of the Royal National Institute for the Blind should serve on patients forums? It is a surprise that she has not proposed that. We have heard a great deal about having a wide variety of members, but someone with those problems might be a useful person on a forum when considering access to hospitals and how services could be provided for people who are visually impaired, or deaf and blind.