The Bill takes forward the areas of Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS (July 2010) and the subsequent Government response Liberating the NHS: legislative framework and next steps (December 2010), which require primary legislation. It also includes provision to strengthen public health services and reform the Department’s arm’s length bodies.

The Parliament website hosts the Bill and the accompanying explanatory notes and also shows where the Bill is in its passage through Parliament.  Click here to visit the Parliament website.