{"value":{"id":164248,"memberId":3918,"member":null,"memberRole":"Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health","uin":"HCWS16","dateMade":"2014-11-24T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health","title":"Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council in Brussels: 1 December 2014","text":"<p>The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council will meet on 1 December in Brussels. The Health and Consumer Affairs part of the Council will be in the morning of 1 December.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The main agenda items will be the following:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Medical Devices Directive – The Presidency had planned a General Approach, but has now decided to have a discussion of a Directive and to take stock of the progress made in negotiations.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Council conclusions – The Council will adopt the Council conclusions on: Vaccination as an Effective Tool in Public Health; Patient Safety and Quality of Care, Including the Prevention and Control of Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance; and Innovation for the Benefit of Patients.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Information from the Commission on the European response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Latvian delegation will also give information on the priorities for the forthcoming Presidency, which will run from January until June, 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Luxembourg delegation will introduce an item under any other business on ‘Admission criteria for homosexuals to blood donations’.</p><p> </p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":2,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":164251,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2014-11-24T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/164248","method":"GET"}]}