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Health and Social Care Bill


 

Health and Social Care Bill

 

[AS AMENDED IN PUBLIC BILL COMMITTEE]

 
 

The Bill is divided into two volumes. Volume I contains the Clauses. Volume II

contains the Schedules to the Bill.

Contents

Part 1

The health service in England

The health service: overview

1   

The Secretary of State and the comprehensive health service

2   

The Secretary of State’s duty as to improvement in quality of services

3   

The Secretary of State’s duty as to reducing inequalities

4   

The Secretary of State’s duty as to promoting autonomy

5   

The NHS Commissioning Board

6   

Commissioning consortia

Arrangements for provision of health services

7   

The Secretary of State’s duty as to protection of public health

8   

Duties as to improvement of public health

9   

Duties of consortia as to commissioning certain health services

10   

Power of consortia as to commissioning certain health services

11   

Power to require Board to commission certain health services

12   

Secure psychiatric services

13   

Other services etc. provided as part of the health service

14   

Regulations as to the exercise by local authorities of certain public health

functions

15   

Regulations relating to EU obligations

16   

Regulations as to the exercise of functions by the Board or consortia

17   

Functions of Special Health Authorities

18   

Exercise of public health functions of the Secretary of State

Further provision about the Board

19   

The NHS Commissioning Board: further provision

20   

Financial arrangements for the Board

Further provision about commissioning consortia

21   

Commissioning consortia: establishment etc.

22   

Commissioning consortia: general duties etc.

 

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Financial arrangements for consortia

24   

Requirement for primary medical services provider to belong to consortium

Further provision about local authorities’ role in the health service

25   

Other health service functions of local authorities under the 2006 Act

26   

Appointment of directors of public health

27   

Exercise of public health functions of local authorities

Abolition of Strategic Health Authorities and Primary Care Trusts

28   

Abolition of Strategic Health Authorities

29   

Abolition of Primary Care Trusts

Functions relating to fluoridation of water

30   

Fluoridation of water supplies

31   

Procedural requirements in connection with fluoridation of water supplies

32   

Fluoridation of water supplies: transitional provision

Functions relating to mental health matters

33   

Approval functions

34   

Discharge of patients

35   

After-care

36   

Provision of pocket money for in-patients

37   

Transfers to and from special hospitals

38   

Independent mental health advocates

39   

Patients’ correspondence

40   

Notification of hospitals having arrangements for special cases

Emergency powers

41   

Role of the Board and consortia in respect of emergencies

42   

Secretary of State’s emergency powers

Miscellaneous

43   

New Special Health Authorities

44   

Primary care services: directions as to exercise of functions

45   

Charges in respect of certain public health functions

46   

Pharmaceutical services expenditure

47   

Secretary of State’s annual report

48   

Certification of death

49   

Amendments related to Part 1 and transitional provision

Part 2

Further provision about public health

50   

Abolition of Health Protection Agency

51   

Functions in relation to biological substances

52   

Radiation protection functions

53   

Repeal of AIDS (Control) Act 1987

 
 

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Co-operation with bodies exercising functions in relation to public health

Part 3

Economic regulation of health and adult social care services

Chapter 1

Monitor

55   

Monitor

56   

General duties

57   

Power to give Monitor functions relating to adult social care services

58   

Matters to have regard to in exercise of functions

59   

Conflicts between functions

60   

Duty to review regulatory burdens

61   

Duty to carry out impact assessments

62   

Information

63   

Failure to perform functions

Chapter 2

Competition

64   

Functions under the Competition Act 1998

65   

Functions under Part 4 of the Enterprise Act 2002

66   

Competition functions: supplementary

67   

Requirements as to procurement, patient choice and competition

68   

Requirements under section 67: investigations, declarations and directions

69   

Requirements under section 67: undertakings

70   

Guidance

71   

Mergers involving NHS foundation trusts

72   

Reviews by the Competition Commission

73   

Reviews under section 72: powers of investigation

74   

Reviews under section 72: considerations relevant to publication

75   

Co-operation with the Office of Fair Trading

Chapter 3

Designated services

76   

Designation of services

77   

Complaint about grant of application for designation

78   

Complaint about refusal of application for designation

79   

Reviews and removals of designations

80   

Complaint about grant of application for removal of designation

81   

Complaint about refusal of application for removal of designation

82   

Complaints: general provisions

83   

Designations affecting more than one commissioner

84   

Guidance

 
 

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Chapter 4

Licensing

Licensing requirement

85   

Requirement for health service providers to be licensed

86   

Deemed breach of requirement to be licensed

87   

Exemption regulations

88   

Exemption regulations: supplementary

Licensing procedure

89   

Application for licence

90   

Licensing criteria

91   

Grant or refusal of licence

92   

Application and grant: NHS foundation trusts

93   

Revocation of licence

94   

Right to make representations

95   

Notice of decisions

96   

Appeals to the Tribunal

97   

Register of licence holders

Licence conditions

98   

Standard conditions

99   

Special conditions

100   

Limits on Monitor’s functions to set or modify licence conditions

101   

Conditions: supplementary

102   

Modification of standard conditions

103   

Modification references to the Competition Commission

104   

Modification of conditions by order under other enactments

Enforcement

105   

Power to require documents and information

106   

Discretionary requirements

107   

Enforcement undertakings

108   

Further provision about enforcement powers

109   

Guidance as to use of enforcement powers

110   

Publication of enforcement action

111   

Notification of enforcement action

Transitional provision

112   

Designation of NHS foundation trusts during transitional period

113   

Imposition of licence conditions on designated NHS foundation trusts

Chapter 5

Pricing

114   

Price payable by commissioners for NHS services

115   

The national tariff

 
 

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116   

The national tariff: further provision

117   

Consultation on proposals for the national tariff

118   

Responses to consultation

119   

Determination on reference under section 118

120   

Changes following determination on reference under section 118

121   

Power to veto changes proposed under section 120

122   

Local modifications of prices of designated services: agreements

123   

Local modifications of prices of designated services: applications

124   

Correction of mistakes

Chapter 6

Insolvency and health special administration

125   

Application of insolvency law to NHS foundation trusts

126   

Health special administration orders

127   

Objective of a health special administration

128   

Health special administration regulations

129   

Transfer schemes

130   

Indemnities

131   

Modification of this Chapter under Enterprise Act 2002

Chapter 7

Financial assistance in health special administration cases

Establishment of mechanisms

132   

Duty to establish mechanisms for providing financial assistance

133   

Power to establish fund

Applications for financial assistance

134   

Applications

135   

Grants and loans

Charges on commissioners

136   

Power to impose charges on commissioners

Levy on providers

137   

Imposition of levy

138   

Power of Secretary of State to set limit on levy and charges

139   

Consultation

140   

Responses to consultation

141   

Amount payable

Supplementary

142   

Investment principles and reviews

143   

Borrowing

144   

Shortfall or excess of available funds, etc.

 
 

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Chapter 8

General

145   

Service of documents

146   

Electronic communications

147   

Interpretation and consequential amendments

Part 4

NHS foundation trusts & NHS trusts

Governance and management

148   

Governors

149   

Directors

150   

Members

151   

Accounts: initial arrangements

152   

Accounts: variations to initial arrangements

153   

Annual report and forward plan

154   

Meetings

155   

Voting

Foundation trust status

156   

Authorisation

157   

Bodies which may apply for foundation trust status

158   

Amendment of constitution

159   

Panel for advising governors

Finance

160   

Financial powers etc.

Functions

161   

Goods and services

162   

Private health care

163   

Information

164   

Significant transactions

Mergers, acquisitions, separations and dissolution

165   

Mergers

166   

Acquisitions

167   

Separations

168   

Dissolution

169   

Supplementary

Failure

170   

Repeal of de-authorisation provisions

171   

Trust special administrators

172   

Procedure etc.

 
 

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173   

Action following final report

174   

Sections 171 to 173: supplementary

175   

Repeal of Chapter 5A of Part 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006

Abolition of NHS trusts

176   

Abolition of NHS trusts in England

177   

Repeal of provisions on authorisation for NHS foundation trusts

Part 5

Public involvement and local government

Chapter 1

Public involvement

Healthwatch England

178   

Healthwatch England

Local Healthwatch organisations

179   

Establishment and constitution

180   

Activities relating to local care services

181   

Local authority arrangements

182   

Independent advocacy services

183   

Requests, rights of entry and referrals

184   

Dissolution and transfer schemes

185   

Annual reports

186   

Transitional arrangements

Chapter 2

Local government

Scrutiny functions of local authorities

187   

Scrutiny functions of local authorities

188   

Amendments consequential on section 187

Joint strategic needs assessments and strategies

189   

Joint strategic needs assessments

190   

Joint health and wellbeing strategies

Health and Wellbeing Boards: establishment

191   

Establishment of Health and Wellbeing Boards

Health and Wellbeing Boards: functions

192   

Duty to encourage integrated working

193   

Other functions of Health and Wellbeing Boards

 
 

 
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