Regional Equality & Diversity Partnership

Health and Social Care Bill released

Summary: The Health and Social Care Bill was launched on 19th January, and may signal a big shake-up for the NHS.

The Health and Social Care Bill paves the way for GPs to get control of most of the NHS budget in England from 2013.

Unions warn the plans could undermine the health service, while MPs say they have taken the NHS by "surprise". But the government argues the changes will improve care and accountability.

Source: BBC News

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• EDF 'Workplace Equality: Turning Policy into Practice' Report
• EHRC report:
• Stonewall report on lesbian and gay people and the asylum system
• ENAR report on promoting equality in employment
• Liberty booklet on the Human Rights Act debate
• CRAE
• Northern Ireland discrimination cases digest
• EVAW briefing on proposals for anonymity of rape defendants
• Health aspects of violence against women and children
• Annual Report and Accounts April 2008
• EHRC guide to the UN Disability Convention
• Trust for London Poverty Profile
• Equality South West Migrant Workers Project report
• Report on the impact of the budget
• Disability Law Service newsletter July 2010
• Equality Act 2010 guidance
• Prevalence of childhood disability
• Secure online survey for inquiry into disability-related harassment
• Snap shot report of targeted hostility towards disabled people in UK
• Report on Black Carribbean pupils
• Equality Action Guide
• The Future Ageing of the Ethnic Minority Population of England and Wales
• Factsheet and FAQ on Expulsion of homeless EEA Nationals
• Draft Code of Practice on Equal Pay
• Ministry of Justice Report
• Ethnic Minority Young People: differential treatment in the Youth Justice System
• Ethnic minority customers of the pension, disability and carers service
• Poverty and Inequality in UK 2010
• Government Report: The case for the disabled customer
• The National BAME Youth Survey
• National Institute of Economic and Social Research publish report on caste discrimination and prejudice
• 'Is That Fair? How to Recognise Discrimination' Report
• Diversity in Diction - Equality in Action: A Guide to the Appropriate Use of Language
• Decentralisation and the Localism Bill: an essential guide
• 'Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 2010' Report
• Health and Social Care Bill released
• Raising our Sights: Services for adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities - A report by Professor Jim Mansell - The government's response
• survey test