Sir David says the Act provides clarity and certainty about future direction, and that ‘the onus now switches to the health and care system and the complex and challenging task of implementing the changes on the ground’.
He outlines the ‘important progress’ already made in laying the groundwork for transition and emphasises the strong platform on which the NHS can build.
He also sets out the overall approach to the movement of staff between the old and new systems, saying that how this is managed is critical to the success of the transition.
The Bill proposes to:
- set up an independent NHS Board that will allocate resources and provide commissioning guidance
- increase GPs’ powers to commission services on behalf of their patients
- strengthen the role of the Care Quality Commission
- develop Monitor, the body that currently regulates NHS foundation trusts, into an economic regulator to oversee aspects of access and competition in the NHS.
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