FUTURE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCILS

Early day motion 1103A5, tabled 16 November 2000 by Liam Fox (Conservative). Signed by 32 members.

leave out from 'Improvement' to end and add 'deplores the lack of prior consultation on the proposed abolition; rejects the Government's proposed alternatives as wholly inadequate; and calls on the Government to abandon its plans to abolish CHCs and to focus instead on promoting an open debate on reform of CHCs to ensure that they provide a genuinely independent and effective voice for patiens in the NHS.'.

Signatures by party: Conservative 31, UUP 1.