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White Paper, “Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS" - council response
Meeting: 18/10/2010 - Executive (Item 11)
11 White Paper, “Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS" - council response PDF 107 KB
The government white paper, Equity and Excellence – Liberating the NHS, was published on the 12th July 2010. The white paper sets out a radical set of proposals for change within the NHS, including significant structural change and an overhaul of health service commissioning arrangements in England. Primary Care Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities are to be abolished. GP commissioning consortia will be established as statutory bodies and will be responsible for commissioning the majority of health services. The Executive should endorse the council’s response to the NHS White Paper. Members
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Decision:
that the Council’s response to the NHS White Paper, Equity and Excellence – Liberating the NHS, included at appendix 1 to the report submitted, be endorsed.
Minutes:
Councillor R Moher introduced the report which attached the Council’s response to the Government’s White Paper, Equity and Excellence – Liberating the NHS. The Director of Housing and Community Care added that the Council’s response was very comprehensive and reflected the discussions at overview and scrutiny.
RESOLVED:-
that the Council’s response to the NHS White Paper, Equity and Excellence – Liberating the NHS, included at appendix 1 to the report submitted, be endorsed.