Health and Social Care Bill

Page 90, line 12, at end insert—

“( ) the financial soundness and corporate governance likely to ensure a provider’s ability to establish and sustain the provision of adult social care services”

Page 122, line 22, at end insert—

“( ) The national tariff shall be constructed in accordance with the following principles—

(a) be based on best practice, not average cost, and incentivise quality improvements and innovation,

(b) incentivise integrated care for individuals, both within the NHS and between health and social care,

(c) cover the full range of care an individual needs over time, not just acute care,

(d) allow the unavoidable costs of providers.”

Page 124, line 28, at end insert—

“(5A) Where the commissioner of a health service receives an offer from a service provider licenced under section 80 at a price below the price that is payable by virtue of this Chapter, the commissioner shall seek the agreement of Monitor before placing any order for this service.

(5B) Before acceding to a request from a commissioner in accordance with subsection (5A), Monitor shall satisfy itself that—

(a) the quality of the service to be provided will not be inferior to the same service provided by another supplier at the price payable by virtue of this Chapter, and

(b) there will be no consequent unacceptable impact on the structure or capabilities of the NHS.

(5C) Subject to the considerations under subsection (5B), Monitor shall not unreasonably withhold its consent.”

Page 177, line 4, leave out “, so far as practicable,”

Page 177, line 5, leave out from “individual” to end of line 7

Page 193, line 32, at end insert “and, where appropriate, encourage the joint commissioning of health and social care services”

Page 195, line 15, after “may” insert “subject to subsection (5)”

Page 195, line 31, at end insert—

“(5) No request under subsection (1) may be made in any form that would require information to be given where to give it in that form would require personal data within the meaning of the Data Protection Act 2000 to be supplied.”

Page 225, line 2, at end insert—

“(ba) unregulated rehabilitation officers for the blind in England;”