Providers of Health and Social Care (Schemes under Section 71 of the National Health Service Act 2006) Bill

Key Points

• Amends section 71 to allow Section 71 schemes to provide for provider liabilities tied to integrated health and social care services.
• Enables funding or guarantees for liabilities arising in the delivery of integrated health and social care services.
• Clarifies the scope of the schemes under Section 71 and limits the change to those schemes rather than creating general funding powers.
• If progressed, the bill would move through the normal stages after the 2nd Reading (committee stage, then Report Stage and Third Reading) before possibly becoming law.

Progress

The Bill is currently at its Second Reading in the House of Commons. If it advances, it will go to committee for detailed scrutiny, followed by further readings in the Commons and consideration by the Lords.