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House of Commons Health Committee Public Health Twelfth Report of Session 2010–12 Volume III Additional written evidence Ordered by the House of Commons to be published 19 October 2011 Published on 29 November 2011 by authority of the House of Commons London: The Stationery Office Limited The Health Committee The Health Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Department of Health and its associated bodies. Membership Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP (Conservative, Charnwood) (Chair)1 Rosie Cooper MP (Labour, West Lancashire) Yvonne Fovargue MP (Labour, Makerfield) Andrew George MP (Liberal Democrat, St Ives) Grahame M. Morris MP (Labour, Easington) Dr Daniel Poulter MP (Conservative, Central Suffolk and North Ipswich) Mr Virendra Sharma MP (Labour, Ealing Southall) Chris Skidmore MP (Conservative, Kingswood) David Tredinnick MP (Conservative, Bosworth) Valerie Vaz MP (Labour, Walsall South) Dr Sarah Wollaston MP (Conservative, Totnes) Powers The Committee is one of the departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No 152. These are available on the Internet via www.parliament.uk. Publications The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet at www.parliament.uk/healthcom. The Reports of the Committee, the formal minutes relating to that report, oral evidence taken and some or all written evidence are available in printed volume(s). Additional written evidence may be published on the internet only. Committee staff The staff of the Committee are David Lloyd (Clerk), Sara Howe (Second Clerk), David Turner (Committee Specialist), Steve Clarke (Committee Specialist), Frances Allingham (Senior Committee Assistant), and Ronnie Jefferson (Committee Assistant). Contacts All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Health Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 5466. The Committee’s email address is [email protected]. 1 Mr Stephen Dorrell was elected as the Chair of the Committee on 9 June 2010, in accordance with Standing Order No. 122B (see House of Commons Votes and Proceedings, 10 June 2010). List of additional written evidence Page 1 Professor Hilary Pickles Ev w1 2 Sustrans Ev w4 3 Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Ev w9 4 Sport and Recreation Alliance Ev w11 5 NHS Alliance Ev w14 6 Dr Bruce Laurence Ev w18 7 Dr Alison Talbot-Smith Ev w21 8 Mr Matthew Ashton Ev w24 9 Centre for Public Scrutiny Ev w25 10 NHS Knowsley Public Health Directorate Ev w29 11 Dr Fiona Day Ev w32 12 UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies Ev w34 13 Public Health Directorate of NHS Lincolnshire Ev w35 14 S Peckham, A Hann, A Wallace, S Gillam, S Kendall, K Nanchahal and R Rogers Ev w38 15 Lancashire Public Health Network and Cheshire and Merseyside Public Health Network Ev w42 16 Lynn Emslie Ev w44 17 Dr Stephen Watkins and Dr Vicci Owen-Smith Ev w45 18 Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountability Ev w51 19 Food Standards Agency Ev w53 20 LighterLife Ev w57 21 Academy of Medical Sciences Ev w60 22 The King’s Fund Ev w63 23 Staffordshire County Council Ev w67 24 Medical Research Council and Economic and Social Research Council Ev w72 25 Nuffield Trust Ev w77 26 Centre for Mental Health Ev w79 27 Weight Watchers UK Ltd Ev w83 28 Association of Convenience Stores Ev w86 29 Royal College of Midwives Ev w88 30 School Food Trust Ev w90 31 Yorkshire and Humber Health Trainer Hub Team Ev w92 32 The Bow Group Health & Education Policy Committee Ev w94 33 The Wellcome Trust Ev w99 34 Dr Ann Hoskins Ev w101 35 Family Planning Association Ev w109 36 Brook Ev w111 37 NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan Ev w113 38 Lindley Owen Ev w116 39 NHS Sheffield Directorate of Public Health Ev w118 40 Royal National Institute of Blind People Ev w119 41 Mr James Douglas Ev w123 42 Dr Giri Rajaratnam Ev w126 43 Royal College of Psychiatrists Ev w132 44 Health Professions Council Ev w134 45 Intelligence for Healthy Lancashire Group Ev w136 46 Action on Smoking and Health Ev w137 47 Dr Anne Brunton Ev w141 48 Alyson Learmonth Ev w141 49 British Association for Adoption and Fostering Ev w146 50 Women’s Health and Equality Consortium Ev w148 51 Yorkshire and the Humber Public Health Specialty Registrars Ev w152 52 Socialist Health Association Ev w155 53 Stockport Shadow Health and Well Being Board Ev w159 54 Fresh – Smoke Free North East Ev w161 55 BD Ltd Ev w164 56 Men's Health Forum Ev w166 57 Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee Ev w167 58 Beating Bowel Cancer Ev w169 59 Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence Ev w173 60 The Prostate Cancer Charity Ev w175 61 University College London’s Division of Population Health Ev w179 62 Child Accident Prevention Trust Ev w184 63 Office for Sexual Health, NHS South West Ev w186 64 Durham County Council Ev w187 65 Barbara James Ev w190 66 National Children’s Bureau Ev w192 67 NHS Sefton’s Public Health Directorate and Sefton Council Ev w196 68 Heart of Mersey Ev w200 69 British Heart Foundation Ev w204 70 Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Ev w209 71 Age UK Ev w212 72 Sense Ev w216 73 Dr Sue Gordon, Executive Director of Public Health, NHS North of Tyne Ev w218 74 The College of Occupational Therapists Ev w223 75 National Heart Forum Ev w226 76 British Retail Consortium Ev w229 77 Dr John Tomlinson Ev w231 78 UK Public Health Register Ev w235 79 Homeless Link Ev w237 80 Pharmacy Voice Ev w240 81 UK Drug Policy Commission Ev w244 82 Action on Hearing Loss Ev w248 83 Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Ev w251 84 MEND Ev w254 85 Anna Lynch Ev w256 86 Middlesbrough Health Scrutiny Panel Ev w261 87 Ajinomoto Ev w264 88 NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care Ev w265 89 The Centre for History in Public Health Ev w268 90 Unite the Union Ev w272 91 Living Streets Ev w274 92 Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Ev w278 93 Bristol-Myers Squibb Ev w282 94 Turning Point Ev w285 95 The Haemophilia Society Ev w289 96 Greater Manchester Directors of Public Health Group Ev w290 97 The Campaign Company Ev w295 98 The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Ev w298 99 Tunstall Healthcare Ev w302 100 UK Commissioning Public Health Network Ev w306 101 National AIDS Trust Ev w310 102 Jude Williams Ev w313 103 Cambridge Weight Plan Ev w314 104 Breakthrough Breast Cancer Ev w318 105 Lancashire County Council Ev w321 106 Cancer Research UK Ev w325 107 National Cancer Intelligence Network Ev w329 108 The Optical Confederation Ev w331 109 Public Health Directorate, NHS Rotherham Ev w333 110 Dr Andrew Clark and Dr Cathy Read Ev w335 111 HK Consulting Ev w339 112 Terrence Higgins Trust Ev w340 113 Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Ev w344 114 CHILDREN with CANCER UK Ev w347 115 Sheffield City Council Ev w349 116 Alliance Boots Ev w354 117 Crisis Ev w358 118 Royal College of Nursing Ev w360 119 Royal College of Nursing further Ev w364 120 Dr Mark Lim Ev w365 121 Advisory Group on Contraception Ev w367 122 Dr Alison Merry Ev w371 123 People in Public Health Ev w373 124 The National LGB&T Partnership Ev w374 125 Professor John Ashton, Director of Public Health, NHS Cumbria Ev w378 126 Blackburn with Darwen Ev w381 127 Cool Milk Ev w383 128 British Dental Association Ev w385 129 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Ev w390 130 Help the Hospices Ev w393 131 ADCS and ADASS Ev w396 132 NHS North Lincolnshire Directorate of Public Health Ev w399 133 Dr Fay Haffenden Ev w401 134 Lundbeck Ev w401 135 Rutuja Kulkarni Ev w404 136 Public Health Manchester Ev w404 137 Public Health Manchester Addendum Ev w411 138 DrugScope Ev w413 139 The Cycle to Work Alliance Ev w416 140 Platform 51 Ev w418 141 St Mungo’s Ev w422 142 Allied Health Professions Federation Ev w426 143 Audit Commission Ev w430 144 Health Statistics Users Group Ev w434 145 London Directors of Public Health Ev w437 146 Sexual Health organisations Ev w441 147 Nuffield Council on Bioethics Ev w442 148 Coalition of biomedical research stakeholder organisations and research funders Ev w444 149 Director of Public Health from the South West of England Ev w445 150 Dr Ingrid Wolfe, Dr Hilary Cass and Professor Sir Alan Craft Ev w449 151 Northern Housing Consortium Limited Ev w451 152 The Hepatitis C Trust Ev w455 153 NHS Bristol’s Public Health Directorate Ev w459 154 I CAN and The Communication Trust Ev w462 155 National Pure Water Association Ltd Ev w466 156 Greater Merseyside Directors of Public Health Ev w472 157 Department of Public Health, Liverpool Primary Care Trust Ev w476 158 County Councils Network Ev w479 159 The Cheshire and Merseyside Directors of Public Health Ev w482 160 Youth Justice Board for England and Wales Ev w489 161 Department of Health Equality, NHS Nottingham City Ev w492 162 Asmat Nisa Ev w497 163 Transport and Health Study Group Ev w498 164 The Queen’s Nursing Institute Ev w502 165 British Association for Sexual Health and HIV Ev w504 166 Roche Products Ltd Ev w509 167 Jean Gross, Communication Champion Ev w512 168 Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists Ev w515 169 Sanofi Pasteur MSD Ev w519 170 Royal College of Physicians Ev w521 171 The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Ev w526 172 Northgate Public Services Ev w530 173 Royal College of General Practitioners Ev w533 174 John Kapp Ev w536 175 Unilever UK and Ireland Ev w536 176 Institute of Public Health Ev w540 177 Stephen Peckham Ev w545 178 Spearheads Ev w549 179 Shamsher Diu Ev w551 180 Training Programme Directors of the Faculty of Public Health Ev w553 181 UK Public Health Register supplementary Ev w555 cobber Pack: U PL: CWE1 [SO] Processed: [28-11-2011 15:04] Job: 014453 Unit: PG01 Health Committee: Evidence Ev w1 Written evidence Written evidence from Professor Hilary Pickles (PH 07) Summary — Public Health is important and we need to get it right.
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