Health and Social Care Act 2012
Act of ParliamentThis bill passed all stages in both Houses and received Royal Assent.
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Long title
To establish and make provision about a National Health Service Commissioning Board and commissioning consortia and to make other provision about the National Health Service in England; to make provision about public health in the United Kingdom; to make provision about regulating health and adult social care services; to make provision about publicinvolvement in health and social care matters, scrutiny of health matters by local authorities and co-operation between local authorities and commissioners of health care services; to make provision about regulating health and social care workers; to establish and make provision about a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; to establish and make provision about a Health and Social Care Information Centre and to make other provision about information relating to health or social care matters; to abolish certain public bodies involved in health or social care; to make other provision about health care; and for connected purposes.
Summary
<p>The Bill proposes to create an independent NHS Board, promote patient choice, and to reduce NHS administration costs.</p><p><strong>Key areas</strong></p><ul><li>establishes an independent NHS Board to allocate resources and provide commissioning guidance</li><li>increases GPs’ powers to commission services on behalf of their patients</li><li>strengthens the role of the Care Quality Commission</li><li>develops Monitor, the body that currently regulates NHS foundation trusts, into an economic regulator to oversee aspects of access and competition in the NHS</li><li>cuts the number of health bodies to help meet the Government's commitment to cut NHS administration costs by a third, including abolishing Primary Care Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities. </li></ul>
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading· Commons
19 January 2011 – 19 January 2011
- 2nd reading· Commons
31 January 2011 – 31 January 2011
- Programme motion· Commons
31 January 2011 – 31 January 2011
- Money resolution· Commons
31 January 2011 – 31 January 2011
- Committee stage· Commons
8 February 2011 – 14 July 2011
- Programme motion· Commons
21 June 2011 – 21 June 2011
- Programme motion· Commons
6 September 2011 – 6 September 2011
- Report stage· Commons
6 September 2011 – 7 September 2011
- 3rd reading· Commons
7 September 2011 – 7 September 2011
- 1st reading· Lords
8 September 2011 – 8 September 2011
- 2nd reading· Lords
11 October 2011 – 12 October 2011
- Committee stage· Lords
25 October 2011 – 21 December 2011
- Report stage· Lords
8 February 2012 – 13 March 2012
- 3rd reading· Lords
19 March 2012 – 19 March 2012
- Programme motion· Commons
20 March 2012 – 20 March 2012
- Consideration of Lords amendments· Commons
20 March 2012 – 20 March 2012
- Royal Assent· Unassigned
27 March 2012 – 27 March 2012
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. Bill ID: 817.