Health Management and Policy Alert

The Health and Care Act: six key questions

The King's Fund -
The Health and Care Act, which introduces significant reforms to the organisation and delivery of health and care services received Royal Assent in April 2022. In this long read, The King's Fund explains what the changes brought in by the Act mean in practice.

• Long read

Principles for the first year of system regulation

NHS Confederation - 

The health and care bill offers the legislative framework to accelerate integration and partnership working. However, if regulation and oversight arrangements are overly burdensome and not fit for purpose, there is a risk that leaders of integrated care systems will be inhibited in progressing towards integration, partnership working and driving the improvements in care the pandemic has shown are needed. This report sets out a set of principles that should drive the actions of regulators over the first year of system regulation and oversight.

• Report

Health and Care Bill: Lords Report Stage joint briefing

NHS Confederation - 

This briefing, produced jointly with NHS Providers and The King's Fund, shares concerns about the erosion of NHS independence as a result of the Health and Care Bill.

• Briefing

Briefing on the Health and Care Bill: House of Lords Report stage

The King's Fund - 

The King’s Fund supports much of the Health and Care Bill, however there are four priority areas we believe require amendment; reconfiguration powers; powers to direct NHS England; workforce; and the cap on social care costs.

• Briefing

Social care reform: independent report by Baroness Cavendish

Department of Health and Social Care - 

This internal review was commissioned by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in June 2020. The aim was to make recommendations for social care reform and integration with health in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, which could fit alongside the funding reforms planned by the Department in the context of the NHS Long Term Plan. The government have since taken forward a number of the recommendations in the white paper, People at the heart of care and published the integration white paper, Joining up care for people, places and populations.

• Report
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Provider Selection Regime: supplementary consultation on the detail of proposals for regulations

Department of Health and Social Care - 

The proposed Provider Selection Regime will be a new set of rules replacing the existing procurement rules for arranging health care services in England. The proposed rules will be introduced by regulations made under the Health and Care Bill. This consultation builds on the engagement and consultation activity which NHS England has undertaken over the past three years. It aims to build on the consensus achieved from NHS England’s consultation on proposals previously set out for the Provider Selection Regime, and does not repeat or reopen that consultation. This supplementary consultation seeks views from respondents to help develop the regulations for the Provider Selection Regime. This consultation closes at 11:45pm on 28 March 2022.

• Consultation details

Looking ahead 2022: challenges and opportunities for the NHS and industry

Wilmington Healthcare -
This white paper examines the challenges and opportunities for the NHS and industry in 2022. It aims to help those working with and supplying the NHS to navigate through this period of change and reform – establishing what the main challenges are, how they can be addressed and what part industry can play. It looks at new rules of engagement, new value propositions, new account management structures, new methods of securing market access, and new skills and competencies. Please note that free registration is required to download this publication.

• Wilmington Healthcare - publications

 

Health and care bill: joint parliamentary briefing

NHS Confederation - 

The NHS Confederation, NHS Providers and The King's Fund share concerns about the erosion of NHS independence as a result of the Health and Care Bill. They support the premise of the Health and Care Bill, and believe that the future of health and care in the England must be based on collaboration and partnership working at a local level. However this joint briefing covers two specifics aspects of the Health and Care Bill and amendments they believe would better ensure people across the country have access to the best possible care in their local community.

• Briefing
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The Health and Care Bill: House of Lords, Committee of the whole House, 11 & 13 January 2022, consideration of clauses 1-34

Nuffield Trust - 

This briefing on the Health and Care Bill provides commentary on amendments tabled for the Committee Stage in the House of Lords, scheduled to take place on 11 and 13 January 2022.

• Briefing
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Health and care bill: report stage

NHS Confederation - 

The NHS Confederation is concerned that unchecked powers for the Secretary of State risk undermining progress towards integration, transparency, patient safety and quality of care.

• Briefing
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