Found: It will be necessary to evaluate the reforms that will be brought about by the Mental Health Bill when

Found: private entities may need spelling out – Dr Lucy Series in evidence to JCHR inquiry on the Mental Health Bill

Found: outsourced mental health services (hospital based or after-care) through an amendment to the Mental Health Bill

Found: The Health Bill is currently going through Parliament. Does it take the action that we require?

Found: A number of you spoke in the Health Bill debate on Monday, was it?

Found: The Health Bill is currently going through Parliament. Does it take the action that we require?

Found: Dr Johnson: I am just about to go into the Health Bill Committee, which will go until the middle of

Found: Health and Social Care Committee Oral evidence: Health Bill, HC 219 Tuesday 2 June 2026 Ordered by the

Found: The modernisation health Bill that is currently going through Parliament has for data collection an

Found: Do you have a plan to mitigate that risk, and what provisions are needed from the upcoming Health Bill

Found: HTB0001 - Health Bill Care Quality Commission (CQC) Written Evidence

Found: It will be important that the new Health Bill does not inadvertently create barriers to this in transferring

Found: Of course, most recently, the Committee has reported on the Mental Health Bill and supported an amendment

Found: Of course, most recently, the Committee has reported on the Mental Health Bill and supported an amendment

Found: the Government aims to end the practice of prisons being used as a place of safety in the Mental Health Bill

Found: Government aims to end the practice of prisons being used as a place of safety in the Mental Health Bill

Found: The Mental Health Bill includes a number of vital reforms to support people with severe mental illness

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Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consultation his Department held with patients, carers, NHS staff and voluntary sector organisations before bringing forward the Health Bill.

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Health Bill gives effect to the Prime Minister’s March 2025 commitment to abolish NHS England, as well as reforms and recommendations set out in the 10-Year Health Plan and Dr Penny Dash’s review of patient safety across the health and care landscape, both published in July 2025. There was significant public, stakeholder, and workforce engagement during the development of 10-Year Health Plan. In addition, Dr Dash engaged with a wide range of stakeholders, including patients and user groups, commissioners, and providers of health and social care, and people who have been harmed by poor-quality care.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of transferring the functions of Healthwatch into Government or NHS bodies on patient representation; and what safeguards he will put in place to ensure (a) the independence of the patient voice, (b) public trust, and (c) accountability in patient engagement.

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

An impact assessment has been undertaken and published alongside the introduction of the Health Bill 2026. It outlines the non-monetised benefits, including the streamlining of the landscape and legislation, avoiding duplication of activity, and increased accountability for listening to the patient and user voice in the commissioning and delivery of services.

Integrated care boards will have a statutory obligation to obtain the views of people who use health services, and their carers and representatives. Local authorities will have the same responsibility in respect of care services and their public health services. If an organisation is failing to carry out their statutory functions, there will be a power for my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to issue directions.

Patients will still be able to raise issues through patient participation groups where they exist, as well as through National Health Service and local authority complaints processes, the NHS Friends and Family Test, and national surveys.

The existing complaints regulations allow people to make a formal complaint to a provider or commissioner of services, and, ultimately, the appropriate ombudsman. Healthwatch had no legal responsibility for complaints and, therefore, the abolition of Healthwatch services will not affect the complaints process.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of abolishing local Healthwatch on public trust in providing feedback on health and care services.

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

An impact assessment has been undertaken and published alongside the introduction of the Health Bill 2026. It outlines the non-monetised benefits, including the streamlining of the landscape and legislation, avoiding duplication of activity, and increased accountability for listening to the patient and user voice in the commissioning and delivery of services.

Integrated care boards will have a statutory obligation to obtain the views of people who use health services, and their carers and representatives. Local authorities will have the same responsibility in respect of care services and their public health services. If an organisation is failing to carry out their statutory functions, there will be a power for my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to issue directions.

Patients will still be able to raise issues through patient participation groups where they exist, as well as through National Health Service and local authority complaints processes, the NHS Friends and Family Test, and national surveys.

The existing complaints regulations allow people to make a formal complaint to a provider or commissioner of services, and, ultimately, the appropriate ombudsman. Healthwatch had no legal responsibility for complaints and, therefore, the abolition of Healthwatch services will not affect the complaints process.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of abolishing local Healthwatch on public trust in providing feedback on health and care services.

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

An impact assessment has been undertaken and published alongside the introduction of the Health Bill 2026. It outlines the non-monetised benefits, including the streamlining of the landscape and legislation, avoiding duplication of activity, and increased accountability for listening to the patient and user voice in the commissioning and delivery of services.

Integrated care boards will have a statutory obligation to obtain the views of people who use health services, and their carers and representatives. Local authorities will have the same responsibility in respect of care services and their public health services. If an organisation is failing to carry out their statutory functions, there will be a power for my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to issue directions.

Patients will still be able to raise issues through patient participation groups where they exist, as well as through National Health Service and local authority complaints processes, the NHS Friends and Family Test, and national surveys.

The existing complaints regulations allow people to make a formal complaint to a provider or commissioner of services, and, ultimately, the appropriate ombudsman. Healthwatch had no legal responsibility for complaints and, therefore, the abolition of Healthwatch services will not affect the complaints process.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department will take to ensure the independent oversight of complaints and safeguarding concerns under the reforms proposed in the Health Bill.

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The independent oversight of complaints will continue. The independent Care Quality Commission will continue to perform its important role in ensuring National Health Service providers have an effective and accessible system for handling complaints from service users.

Statutory safeguarding concerns will continue to be managed through the safeguarding accountability and assurance framework, which sets outs the safeguarding roles and responsibilities of all individuals working in providers of NHS-funded care settings and NHS commissioning organisations. Oversight will continue to be provided by the regional safeguarding team and Regional Chief Nurse.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, further to his answer on 1 June (HC Deb col 895) on the Health Bill, what safeguards he will put in place to ensure that Clauses 26-29 of Health Bill do not inadvertently (a) put General Ophthalmic Services budgets at risk and (b) lead to a postcode lottery of NHS eye tests.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Health Bill will transfer statutory responsibility for commissioning Primary Ophthalmic Services to integrated care boards (ICBs). Commissioning responsibility for these services has already been delegated by NHS England to ICBs since 2023, and funding is allocated to ICBs each year for this purpose. National Health Service sight testing services will continue to operate within a national regulatory and contractual framework, with contract terms set in regulations and fees set nationally through Directions. The bill will not affect patient eligibility for NHS sights tests.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the intervention by the Hon. Member for Huntingdon during the Health Bill debate on 1st June 2026, if he will write to the Member with an update on the provision of funding for an electronic patient record system at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in order to facilitate the HIMMS requirement of the New Hospital Programme.

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

I am happy to write to the Hon. Member with an update.

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Found: Health Bill: structural measures to ICBs and foundation trusts - impact assessments

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Found: Health Bill: abolishing NHS England - impact assessment

Found: Health Bill: single patient record and information sharing - impact assessment

Found: Health Bill: single patient record and information sharing - impact assessment

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Found: Health Bill: abolishing NHS England - equality impact assessment

Found: Health Bill: reforming the foundation trust model - equality impact assessment

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Found: Health Bill: single patient record - equality impact assessment

Found: Health Bill: equality impact assessments summary

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Found: Health Bill: patient safety measures - impact assessments

Found: Health Bill: impact assessments summary

Found: The NHS modernisation bill (formally known as the Health Bill), which will be debated in Parliament today

Found: Alongside enabling the Single Patient Record, the Bill (formally called the Health Bill) will reduce

Found: improvements in the timeliness of hospital transfers and escalation processes: The Mental Health Bill

Found: and roadmap for strong community services to be put in place, so that provisions in the Mental Health Bill

Found: services. 1377 I note in particular that NHS England have flagged the interplay with: (a) the Mental Health Bill

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Found: Sponsorship) Tabitha Jay 18/12/2025 Local Government Discussion on the Royal Ascent of the Mental Health Bill

Found: .16 The incoming Labour administration introduced the Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-2517 based on

Found: of liberty safeguards were still going through the Parliamentary process as part of the Mental Health Bill

Found: The NHS modernisation bill (formally known as the Health Bill), which will be debated in Parliament today

Found: Alongside enabling the Single Patient Record, the Bill (formally called the Health Bill) will reduce

Found: Alongside enabling the single patient record, the bill (formally called the Health Bill) will reduce

Found: improvements in the timeliness of hospital transfers and escalation processes: The Mental Health Bill

Found: number: RPC reference number: Contact for enquiries: Date: Health Bill

Found: The Mental Health Bill 2025 currently going through parliament could present a real opportunity to deliver

Found: The Mental Health Bill defined ‘appropriate treatment’ as treatment that has a reasonable prospect of

Found: Key points CQC and the Mental Health Bill We welcome the Mental Health Bill, which was introduced in

Found: Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy In November 2024 the UK Government introduced the Mental Health Bill

Found: Subsequently, the new UK Government announced its intention to legislate; and the Mental Health Bill