ACTS/BILLS

Personal Care at Home Bill 2009-10 (25th November 2009)
This Bill was presented to Parliament today. The Bill will provide for those with the greatest care needs to be offered free personal care at home.
Bill

ACTS/BILLS

Autism Act 2009 (12th November 2009)
An Act to make provision about meeting the needs of adults with autistic spectrum conditions; and for connected purposes.
Act

Health Act 2009 (12th November 2009)
Primary care trusts are already able to offer personal health budgets that do not involve giving money directly to individuals. The Health Act - which received Royal Assent on 12 November 2009 - will extend these options by allowing selected primary care trust sites to test direct payments as part of a pilot. The aim is to give patients more choice and control over the care they receive.
Information

IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Impact Assessments for the Health Bill (21st May 2009)

Impact Assessment of independent consideration of complaints about non-LA adult social care (21st May 2009)

ACTS/BILLS

Health Bill 2009 (16th January 2009)
The Health Bill was introduced into Parliament on 15 January 2009. It proposes measures to improve the quality of NHS care, the performance of NHS services, and to improve public health.
Health Bill

Health Bill 2009 - Equality Impact Assessment (16th January 2009)

The Health Bill 2009 was introduced to Parliament on 15 January. It includes proposals to remove tobacco displays in shops and to restrict the sale of cigarettes from vending machines, which were discussed in the consultation on the future of tobacco control.

Equality Impact Assessment and related documents

Impact assessment for the Health Bill 2009 (16th January 2009)

The Health Bill was introduced to Parliament on 15 January 2009. The Department of Health has published impact assessments for those areas of the Bill which meet the thresholds for requiring an impact assessment.

Regulatory Impact Assessment

ACTS/BILLS

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 ( 27th November 2008)
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 received Royal Assent on 13 November 2008.
Act

ACTS/BILLS

Health and Social Bill - the Government’s response to the report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights (16th April)
The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has published three reports on its legislative scrutiny of the Health and Social Care Bill. The Government sent a response to the first two of these reports to the Chair of the Committee on 16 April 2008.
Click here for Government response
Click here for JCHR eighth report
Click here for JCHR twelfth report
Click here for JCHR fifteenth report