Health and Social Care Bill (HL Bill 119)
Contents
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Part 1
The health service in England
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The health service: overview
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1. Secretary of State’s duty to promote comprehensive health service
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2. The Secretary of State’s duty as to improvement in quality of services
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3. The Secretary of State’s duty as to reducing inequalities
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6. The Secretary of State’s duty as to education and training
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7. Secretary of State’s duty as to promoting equality of provision
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Arrangements for provision of health services
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10. The Secretary of State’s duty as to protection of public health
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12. Duties of clinical commissioning groups as to commissioning certain health
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13. Power of clinical commissioning groups as to commissioning certain health
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14. Power to require Board to commission certain health services
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16. Other services etc. provided as part of the health service
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17. Regulations as to the exercise by local authorities of certain public health
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19. Regulations as to the exercise of functions by the Board or clinical
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21. Exercise of public health functions of the Secretary of State
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Further provision about the Board
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Further provision about clinical commissioning groups
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Further provision about local authorities’ role in the health service
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Abolition of Strategic Health Authorities and Primary Care Trusts
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Functions relating to fluoridation of water
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Functions relating to mental health matters
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Emergency powers
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Miscellaneous
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Part 2
Further provision about public health
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Part 3
Regulation of health and adult social care services
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Chapter 1
Monitor
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Chapter 2
Competition
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Chapter 3
Licensing
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Licensing requirement
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Licensing procedure
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Licence conditions
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Enforcement
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Transitional provision
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Chapter 4
Pricing
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Chapter 5
Health special administration
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Chapter 6
Financial assistance in special administration cases
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Establishment of mechanisms
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Applications for financial assistance
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Charges on commissioners
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Levy on providers
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Supplementary
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Chapter 7
Miscellaneous and general
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Part 4
NHS foundation trusts & NHS trusts
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Governance and management
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Foundation trust status
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Finance
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Functions
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Mergers, acquisitions, separations and dissolution
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Failure
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Abolition of NHS trusts
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Part 5
Public involvement and local government
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Chapter 1
Public involvement
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Healthwatch England
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Local Healthwatch organisations
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Chapter 2
Local government
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Scrutiny functions of local authorities
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Joint strategic needs assessments and strategies
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Health and Wellbeing Boards: establishment
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Health and Wellbeing Boards: functions
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Health and Wellbeing Boards: supplementary
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Care Trusts
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Chapter 3
The Health Service Commissioner for England
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Part 6
Primary care services
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Part 7
Regulation of health and social care workers
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Orders under section 60 of the Health Act 1999
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The General Social Care Council
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The Health and Care Professions Council
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Role of the Secretary of State
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The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care
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Consequential provision etc.
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The Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator
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Part 8
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
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Establishment and general duties
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Functions: quality standards
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Functions: advice, guidance etc.
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Functions: other
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Supplementary
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Part 9
Health and adult social care services: information
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Chapter 1
Information standards
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Chapter 2
The Health and Social Care Information Centre
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Establishment and general duties
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Functions: information systems
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Functions: quality of health and social care information
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Functions: other
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General and supplementary
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Part 10
Abolition of certain public bodies etc
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Part 11
Miscellaneous
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Information relating to births and deaths etc.
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Duties to co-operate
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The Care Quality Commission
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Arrangements with devolved authorities etc.
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Supervised community treatment
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Transfer schemes
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Part 12
Final provisions
The Bill is divided into two volumes. Volume I contains the Clauses. Volume II
contains the Schedules to the Bill.