Responses to the Government's listening exercise on the Health and Social Care Bill 2011

In April 2011, the Government launched a listening exercise on NHS modernisation, inviting comment from organisations and individuals. The engagement will focus on: the role of choice and competition for improving quality; how to ensure public accountability and patient involvement in the new system; how new arrangements for education and training can support the modernisation process; and how advice from across a range of healthcare professions can improve patient care. Below are some of the organisational responses submitted so far.

• Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
• British Medical Association
• Centre for Public Scrutiny
• The King's Fund
• Local Government Association
• NHS Confederation
• NHS Employers
• The Nuffield Trust
• Reform
• Royal College of Nursing
• Royal College of Physicians
• The Royal College of Surgeons of England