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Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill: Clause 1 — NHS Foundation Trusts (8 Jul 2003)

Mr Adrian Bailey: .... Before I discuss the substance of the amendments, I should like to pick up a couple of points. First, many Members have spoken about the running costs of any form of democratic involvement in foundation hospitals. Various mutual and co-operative organisations have developed low-cost, effective means of communicating with their members, and I know that the movement would be happy to make...

Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill: Clause 1 — NHS Foundation Trusts (8 Jul 2003)

Mr Adrian Bailey: .... Local membership would give the opportunity to elect people to the governing board, which would effectively represent their interests. I believe that Ministers share with me the intention that foundation hospitals should be genuinely mutual. The amendments detail the obligations of the trust, and provide a mechanism by which the means and level of membership recruitment can be measured...

Public Bill Committee: Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill: Clause 10 - Register of NHS foundation trusts (22 May 2003)

Mr Adrian Bailey: These are probing amendments. They seek to explore ministerial thinking on the role that the foundation trusts will have in promoting involvement in the local community. The amendments are based on my experience in the co-operative movement. In my previous employment I dealt with a vast range of co-operative and mutual organisations. Their rules were based on a standard template, but there...

Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Bill: Clause 9 — Short Title and Extent (4 Apr 2003)

Mr Adrian Bailey: ...of legal structure to fulfil their objectives more adequately. Water utilities have been discussed in the past, as has the health and social services sector, but I will not stray into the debate on foundation hospitals now. In particular, sports clubs and football clubs often have huge and deep community interests, but they are wrapped up in clubs that operate in a legal framework that...