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Health and Social Care Bill laid before parliament

'Evolutionary' Health and Social Care Bill launched

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Legislation to scrap primary care trusts and strategic health authorities, create commissioning consortia and give providers greater autonomy has been laid before parliament.

  • 1
    Health and Social Care Bill laid before parliament

    'Evolutionary' Health and Social Care Bill launched

  • 2
    Bill spells 'surprising' power for NHS commissioning board

    The commissioner's essential guide to the Health Bill

  • 3
    Health bill round-up

    Your essential guide to the Health Bill

  • 4
    Andrew Lansley

    Extent of health secretary's powers over NHS Commissioning Board 'surprising'

  • 5
    patient

    Tribunal to have responsibility for settling disputes over protected services

  • 6
    Bill paves way for consortia bail outs and risk sharing

    Bill paves way for consortia bail outs and risk sharing

  • 7
    Bill could lead to "dilution" of pensions benefits

    Bill could lead to 'dilution' of pensions benefits

  • 8
    Commissioning board given 'draconian' powers

    Commissioning board given 'draconian' powers

  • 9
    Average redundancy payout to be £48,000

    Redundancy payouts to average £48,000

  • 10
    Public health directors in grip of health secretary

    Public health directors in grip of health secretary

  • 11
    Sue Slipman

    New freedoms set out for NHS foundation trusts

  • 12
    National board will hire consortia leads and guide pay

    National board will hire consortia leads and guide pay

  • 13
    Bill maintains light touch on consortia

    Health Bill maintains light touch on consortia

  • 14
    GP checks patient blood pressure

    Small consortia will reduce savings, warns DH

  • 15
    five pound note

    FT oversight to move to DH bank

  • A doctor's stethoscope Currently reading

    The Health and Social Care Bill 2011

  • 17
    Make-up and duties of health and wellbeing boards revealed

    Make-up and duties of health and wellbeing boards revealed

  • 18
    Empty board room table

    Health secretary to get powers over commissioning board

  • 19
    Money

    Commissioning transition to cost £1.2bn

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'Evolutionary' Health and Social Care Bill launched

Health and Social Care Bill laid before parliament

Legislation to scrap primary care trusts and strategic health authorities, create commissioning consortia and give providers greater autonomy has been laid before parliament.

  • 1
    Health and Social Care Bill laid before parliament

    'Evolutionary' Health and Social Care Bill launched

  • 2
    Bill spells 'surprising' power for NHS commissioning board

    The commissioner's essential guide to the Health Bill

  • 3
    Health bill round-up

    Your essential guide to the Health Bill

  • 4
    Andrew Lansley

    Extent of health secretary's powers over NHS Commissioning Board 'surprising'

  • 5
    patient

    Tribunal to have responsibility for settling disputes over protected services

  • 6
    Bill paves way for consortia bail outs and risk sharing

    Bill paves way for consortia bail outs and risk sharing

  • 7
    Bill could lead to "dilution" of pensions benefits

    Bill could lead to 'dilution' of pensions benefits

  • 8
    Commissioning board given 'draconian' powers

    Commissioning board given 'draconian' powers

  • 9
    Average redundancy payout to be £48,000

    Redundancy payouts to average £48,000

  • 10
    Public health directors in grip of health secretary

    Public health directors in grip of health secretary

  • 11
    Sue Slipman

    New freedoms set out for NHS foundation trusts

  • 12
    National board will hire consortia leads and guide pay

    National board will hire consortia leads and guide pay

  • 13
    Bill maintains light touch on consortia

    Health Bill maintains light touch on consortia

  • 14
    GP checks patient blood pressure

    Small consortia will reduce savings, warns DH

  • 15
    five pound note

    FT oversight to move to DH bank

  • A doctor's stethoscope Currently reading

    The Health and Social Care Bill 2011

  • 17
    Make-up and duties of health and wellbeing boards revealed

    Make-up and duties of health and wellbeing boards revealed

  • 18
    Empty board room table

    Health secretary to get powers over commissioning board

  • 19
    Money

    Commissioning transition to cost £1.2bn

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