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NHS Bill second reading: supporters outside parliament

Several links to the Bill's second reading on 11 March 2016 from the Hansard site:
A description of today's business in the Commons;
http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2016/march/commons-private-members-bills-11-march-2016/
A graphical representation of the bill's progress through Parliament;
http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/nationalhealthservice.html
The TV recording of the Bill discussion today in the Commons;
http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/0aa3c938-4b3b-4911-9a80-c968b8f7ebe0?in=14:13:25&out=14:40:20
Hansard text:
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/commons/todays-commons-debates/read/unknown/613/

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Restoring the NHS in England as an accountable public service
The proposed NHS Bill 2015  (renamed from NHS Reinstatement Bill).

The Bill proposes to:
●    abolish competition
●    abolish the purchaser-provider split
●    re-establish public bodies and public accountability, and
●    restrict the role of commercial companies.

It draws on some of the best examples of NHS administration over its history, retains some features of the reforms laid out in the Health and Social Care Act 2012, and would be implemented on a timescale determined by the Secretary of State.

The Bill would:
●    reinstate the government’s legal duty to provide the NHS in England
●    re-establish NHS England as a special health authority with regional committees and modified functions
●    re-establish District Health Authorities (coterminous with local authorities), with family health services committees to administer arrangements with GPs, dentists, and others
●    abolish competition and marketised bodies such as NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts, and clinical commissioning groups, as well as Monitor, the regulator of NHS foundation trusts and commercial companies
●    end virtually all commissioning and allow commercial companies to provide services only if the NHS could not do so and otherwise patients would suffer
●    re-establish community health councils to represent the interest of the public in the NHS
●    prohibit ratification of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and other international treaties without the approval of Parliament (and the devolved bodies) if they would cover the NHS.

For text of the bill, click here

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Authors of the proposed bill (pictured above)
Professor Professor Allyson Pollock, a public health doctor based at the Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Queen Mary, University of London.
Peter Roderick is a barrister and senior research fellow in the Centre for Primary Care and Public Health.
'We wish to consult on the Bill with those who share our concern and commitment to reinstating fully the NHS as an accountable public service as smoothly as possible and with only a minimal and exceptional role for commercial companies. Responses should be sent before 15th December 2014'.
To respond to the proposed Bill, please e-mail your response to [email protected]

Supporters of the NHS Reinstatement Bill include:

New law proposed to "stop the NHS becoming simply a memory" Caroline Molloy         7 October 2014
The "NHS Bill 2015" campaign is calling on all General Election candidates to sign up to the new "NHS Reinstatement Bill", and is already attracting cross-party support.. Read full article here.