Healthcare reform in the NHS England

"This report provides an overview of England’s journey to enacting the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and a summary of the transformed delivery of health services within the NHS England."

Healthcare reform in the NHS England: more lessons for Ontario
The Change Foundation
March 2013

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Dealing with financially unsustainable providers

"This paper explains why a failure regime is required in the NHS, outlines how the failure regime for NHS trusts (currently being applied in South London) works and how the failure regime for foundation trusts introduced by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 will work in future."

Dealing with financially unsustainable providers: how will the failure regime work?
T Harrison, A Dixon
The King's Fund
September 2012

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RCN fact sheets

The Royal College of Nursing has produced two fact sheets help people understand the architecture of the new NHS commissioning system:

1. Clinical senates and strategic clinical networks
2. Health and wellbeing boards

Never Again? The story of the Health and Social Care Act 2012

"‘Never Again?’ tells the story of how and why the Health and Social Care Act 2012 – by far the most controversial piece of NHS legislation in more than two decades – became law."


Never Again? The story of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
Nicholas Timmins
The King's Fund
July 2012


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How to maintain quality during the transition

"In producing this guide, our aim is not to increase the bureaucratic burden on our staff, but to provide practical support so that people can continue to deliver on their respective accountabilities for quality as we go through this transition."

How to maintain quality during the transition: preparing for handover
National Quality Board
May 2012

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