The National Health Service outlined several potential areas for legislative change in \u2018Implementing the NHS Long Term Plan: Proposals for possible changes to legislation\u2019, published in February 2019. NHS England are currently developing a consultation response on the legislative proposals, following a public engagement exercise. They expect to publish this shortly, and the Government will respond formally in due course.<\/p>
The Government\u2019s priority is to support the NHS to improve patient outcomes by delivering the Long Term Plan. The Government will consider legislative proposals where they support the vision outlined in the Long Term Plan and have widespread support from within the NHS.<\/p>
As the proposals are still under development, the Government response to these proposals was not included in the 2019-20 Accountability Framework, which combines the Government\u2019s mandate to NHS England with the remit to NHS Improvement and was published on 21 May 2019 on GOV.UK.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1585", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Hammond"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wimbledon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Stephen Hammond"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-06-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "263181"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-06-19T15:31:19.08Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-06-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care Act 2012"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to inform Parliament about his Department's response to NHS England's proposals on amending the Health and Social Care Act 2012.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4444", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Karin Smyth"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bristol South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Karin Smyth"} ], "uin" : "263180"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1131184", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1131184/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The National Health Service outlined several potential areas for legislative change in \u2018Implementing the NHS Long Term Plan: Proposals for possible changes to legislation\u2019, published in February 2019. NHS England are currently developing a consultation response on the legislative proposals, following a public engagement exercise. They expect to publish this shortly, and the Government will respond formally in due course.<\/p>
The Government\u2019s priority is to support the NHS to improve patient outcomes by delivering the Long Term Plan. The Government will consider legislative proposals where they support the vision outlined in the Long Term Plan and have widespread support from within the NHS.<\/p>
As the proposals are still under development, the Government response to these proposals was not included in the 2019-20 Accountability Framework, which combines the Government\u2019s mandate to NHS England with the remit to NHS Improvement and was published on 21 May 2019 on GOV.UK.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1585", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Hammond"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wimbledon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Stephen Hammond"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-06-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "263180"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-06-19T15:31:19.143Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-06-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care Act 2012"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 2019 NHS mandate will include a response to NHS England's proposals on amending the Health and Social Care Act 2012.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4444", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Karin Smyth"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bristol South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Karin Smyth"} ], "uin" : "263181"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1131185", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1131185/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The term \u2018lead provider\u2019 does not have a specific legal definition, but it usually means a person who holds a contract, and subcontracts some obligations under that contract. It is a term used in the National Health Service and elsewhere. In the NHS context, health and other related services are commissioned by public bodies \u2013 NHS England, clinical commissioning groups and local authorities. Providers, including lead providers, may be NHS (i.e. NHS trusts and foundation trusts) or non-NHS bodies.<\/p>
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