In this paper we revisit the notion of civil society in the light of recent attempts to privatize health care in England via the passing of the Health and Social Care Act of 2013. This legislation promises a re-commodification of the National Health Service (NHS) in England. The Bill was ...
1698All lotteries are declared illegal unless otherwise is specified by the state. The act was rather surprising since previous lotteries created the basis for the establishment of Bank of England. 1845 – 1853The Government passes two Gaming Acts, which effectively prohibit all forms of commercialis...
This act changed health services from "private products"to "legal fiction public products". The Health and Social Care Act 2012 provides for the most extensive reorganisation of the structure of the NHS in England to date. Economic sustainability has largely driven the reform process leading to ...
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 ('HSCA 2012') introduced a new, statutory, form of regulation of competition into the National Health Service (NHS), while at the same time recognising that cooperation was necessary. NHS England's policy document, The Five Year Forward View ('5YFV') ...
8. Improving diagnosis and quality of COPD review in primary care using a guided consultation Davies L, Angus RM, Thompson EB, McKnight E, Trusdale A, Sergeant K, Pearson MG Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Brief outline of the context: Audits show deficiencies and variability ...
and whose needs cannot be met at a mainstream school. EHCPs and Statements of SEN are plans put in place to support children with additional needs at school. Statements of SEN were replaced by EHCPs in England in 2014 to provide more effective support for children, for example by considering...
Personal medical services pilots under the NHS (Primary Care) Act 1997 A guide to local evaluation; a guide to the application and approval processPersonal medical services pilots under the NHS (Primary Care) Act 1997 A guide to local eva...
Inequity in provision of mental and physical health care has been recognised internationally. From January, 2014, the Affordable Care Act mandated coverage for mental health care in all US insurance plans, and waiting time targets for mental health services were introduced in England in April, 2015...
In April 2014 the UK government launched the ‘NHS Visitor and Migrant Cost Recovery Programme Implementation Plan’ which set out a series of policy changes to recoup costs from ‘chargeable’ (largely non-UK born) patients. In England, approximately 75% of tuberculosis (TB) cases occur in pe...
Another winter of discontent looms for NHS urgent and emergency care opinion | Jan 3 Social care: Independent commission on reform in England to report in 2028 news | Jan 3 Ethnic differences in mortality in England and Wales after the pandemic editorial | ...