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Health and Social Care Act 2012
Summary
This Act reorganised how the NHS in England works by giving patients more choice of hospitals, allowing private companies to provide more NHS services, and shifting control away from central government to local groups called Clinical Commissioning Groups. It aimed to make the NHS more competitive and efficient, though it was controversial.
A vote to support means
- —Supporting this Act means believing the NHS should be reformed to improve patient choice and competition between hospitals. Supporters argue it gives patients more control over their care, makes the NHS more efficient, and allows private providers to help reduce waiting lists.
A vote to oppose means
- —Critics worry the Act could privatise the NHS and reduce NHS funding by allowing private companies to profit from healthcare. Others feared it would create a two-tier system where wealthy patients get better care, and that competition between hospitals wastes money instead of improving care for everyone.
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Bill Passage
Commons
- 1st reading19 Jan 2011
- 2nd reading31 Jan 2011
- Committee stage8 Feb 2011
- Report stage6 Sept 2011
- 3rd reading7 Sept 2011
Lords
- 1st reading8 Sept 2011
- 2nd reading11 Oct 2011
- Committee stage25 Oct 2011
- Report stage8 Feb 2012
- 3rd reading19 Mar 2012
Royal Assent27 Mar 2012
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