Health - Parliamentary

Disabled children and health in Parliament

Health and Social Care Bill 2011

In January 2011 the Coalition Government introduced the Health and Social Care Bill. The Health and Social Care Bill sets out a major restructure of the NHS. Groups of GPs will take over responsibility for commissioning of most health services and PCTs and SHAs will be abolished. Local authorities will establish health and wellbeing boards as part of a new statutory framework for cooperation between councils and health agencies. Mechanisms for patient involvement will also be reformed as local HealthWatch organisations are established with input into local strategic planning and a formal relationship with the health and social care inspections regime.

Read EDCM's briefing that tells MPs what we think about the Bill.

Read EDCM's evidence that we sent to the committee that will be debating this Bill.

Early Day Motions

• Early Day Motion 1640 - Disabled children and health
  154 MP’s signed EDM 1640, tabled in the 2008/09 Parliamentary session
• Early Day Motion 1427 - Health funding for disabled children
  155 MP's signed EDM 1427, tabled in the 2007/08 Parliamentary session

What is an Early Day Motion?