White paper details response to Government development plan for NHS
Summary
'Liberating the NHS: Legislative Framework and Next Steps’ (Cm. 7993) documents how the NHS reform programme, set out in a White Paper published in July 2010, will be implemented by the Government.
The Department of Health (DH) describes how the Government will legislate for and implement its reforms set out in the White Paper 'Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS’ (Cm.7881), drawing on the insights and experience contributed by those who responded to the consultation.
It presents how the White Paper's programme for improvement will be executed for completion, answering questions and setting the framework for reform.
Following three months of consultation on its plans for the service, the Government's response includes further policy development based on substantial feedback, and reaffirms the strong commitment to the reforms. The response to the consultation demonstrated support for the principles set out in the White Paper.
The feedback has been carefully considered and the Government plans to make changes including:
- commissioning of maternity services to sit with GP consortia;
- councils' formal scrutiny powers to be extended to cover all NHS-funded services; and
- local authorities to have greater freedom in how these are exercised.
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