The National Health Service Act 2006
c 41 is an
Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...
. It sets out the structure of the
National Health Service in England
The National Health Service (NHS) is the publicly funded healthcare system in England, and one of the four National Health Service systems in the United Kingdom. It is the second largest single-payer healthcare system in the world after the ...
.
It was altered and completely renumbered by the
Health and Social Care Act 2012
The Health and Social Care Act 2012c 7 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provided for the most extensive reorganisation of the structure of the National Health Service in England to date.''BMJ'', 2011; 342:d408Dr Lansley's Mon ...
c 7.
Contents
Sections 1(1) and (2) replace the corresponding provisions in section 1(1) of the
National Health Service Act 1977
The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...
. Section 1(3) replaces section 1(2) of that Act.
[Table of Origins, p. 1]
See also
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UK public service law
United Kingdom enterprise law concerns the ownership and regulation of organisations producing goods and services in the UK, European and international economy. Private enterprises are usually incorporated under the Companies Act 2006, regulate ...
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National Health Service (England)
The National Health Service (NHS) is the Publicly funded health care, publicly funded healthcare system in England, and one of the four National Health Service systems in the United Kingdom. It is the second largest single-payer healthcare s ...
, the
national healthcare system overhauled by the bill.
;Legislation
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National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990
The National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c 19) introduced an internal market into the supply of healthcare in the United Kingdom, making the state an 'enabler' rather than a supplier of health and social care provision.Health and S ...
c 19
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National Health Service (Private Finance) Act 1997c 56 section 1, on private finance
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NHS Redress Act 2006
Notes
References
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Halsbury's Statutes
''Halsbury's Statutes of England and Wales'' (commonly referred to as ''Halsbury's Statutes'') provides updated texts of every Public General Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Measure of the Welsh Assembly, or Church of England Measur ...
National Health Service Act 2006 (C. 41): Table of Origins HMSO
The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is the body responsible for the operation of His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) and of other public information services of the United Kingdom. The OPSI is part of the National Archives of the Un ...
. 2007.
External links
The National Health Service Act 2006 as amended from the
National Archives.
The National Health Service Act 2006 as originally enacted from the
National Archives.
{{UK legislation
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2006
NHS legislation