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Health and Social Care Bill This is the text of the Health and Social Care Bill, as presented to the House of Commons on 20th December 2000.
	EXPLANATORY NOTES Explanatory Notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department of Health, are published separately as Bill 9- EN. EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Mr Secretary Milburn has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998: In my view the provisions of the Health and Social Care Bill are compatible with the Convention rights.
	Health and Social Care Bill
	ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES PART I NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE Health service funding Clause   1. Determination of allotments to and resource limits for Health Authorities and Primary Care Trusts. 2. Payments relating to past performance. 3. Supplementary payments to NHS trusts and Primary Care Trusts. 4. Public-private partnerships. 5. Income generation. Terms of employment of health service employees 6. Terms and conditions of employment by health service bodies. Scrutiny of health service provision 7. Functions of overview and scrutiny committees. 8. Overview and scrutiny committees: exempt information. 9. Public involvement and consultation. 10. Establishment of Patients' Forums. 11. Patients' Forums: entry and inspection of premises. 12. Patients' Forums: annual reports. 13. Patients' Forums: supplementary. 14. Abolition of Community Health Councils in England. 15. Power to abolish Community Health Councils in Wales. Intervention powers 16. Intervention orders. Abolition of Medical Practices Committee and National Health Service Tribunal 17. Abolition of Medical Practices Committee. 18. Vacancies for medical practitioners. 19. Abolition of NHS Tribunal. General and personal medical services, general dental services, general ophthalmic services and pharmaceutical services 20. Remuneration of general medical practitioners. 21. Out of hours medical services. 22. Unsuitability for inclusion in medical, dental, ophthalmic and pharmaceutical etc. lists. 23. Dental corporations. 24. Declaration of financial interests, gifts, etc. 25. Supplementary lists. 26. Suspension and disqualification of practitioners. Personal medical services and personal dental services 27. PMS and PDS lists. The Family Health Services Appeal Authority 28. The Family Health Services Appeal Authority. PART II PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES CHAPTER I LOCAL PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES Preparation and making of pilot schemes 29. Pilot schemes. 30. Making pilot schemes. 31. Designation of priority neighbourhoods or premises. Reviews, variation and termination of pilot schemes 32. Reviews of pilot schemes. 33. Variation and termination of pilot schemes. NHS contracts and financial provisions 34. NHS contracts. 35. Funding of preparatory work. 36. Charges, recovery of payments and penalties. General 37. Effect of the 1977 Act. 38. Control of entry regulations. Assessing the result of pilot schemes 39. Assessing pilot schemes. Provision for local pharmaceutical schemes 40. Provision for LPS schemes. Application of 1977 Act and other enactments 41. Application of enactments. CHAPTER II CHANGES TO EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS England and Wales 42. Dispensing of NHS prescriptions and provision of pharmaceutical services. 43. Remote provision of pharmaceutical, etc. services. Scotland 44. Dispensing of NHS prescriptions. PART III CARE TRUSTS 45. Care Trusts where voluntary partnership arrangements. 46. Care Trusts where directed partnership arrangements. 47. Further provisions about directions in connection with Care Trusts. PART IV SOCIAL CARE Nursing care 48. Exclusion of nursing care from community care services. Preserved rights 49. Preserved rights: transfer to local authorities of responsibilities as to accommodation. 50. Preserved rights: disclosure of information. 51. Preserved rights: alignment of social security benefits. Measures to increase availability of Part III accommodation 52. Disregarding of resources when determining need for residential accommodation. 53. Funding by resident etc. of more expensive accommodation. 54. Power for local authorities to take charges on land instead of contributions. 55. Cross-border placements. Direct payments 56. Direct payments. 57. Direct payments in respect of children. Supplementary 58. Interpretation of Part IV. PART V MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY Patient information 59. Control of patient information. Prescribing rights 60. Extension of prescribing rights. Supplementary 61. Regulations and orders. 62. Interpretation. 63. Minor and consequential amendments and repeals. 64. Powers of National Assembly for Wales under amended Acts. 65. Financial provisions. 66. Short title, commencement and extent.   SCHEDULES:     Schedule 1 - Exempt information relating to health services.     Part I - Descriptions of exempt information.     Part II - Qualifications.     Part III - Interpretation.     Schedule 2 - Pilot Schemes.     Schedule 3 - LPS Schemes.     Schedule 4 - Minor and consequential amendments.     Part I - National Health Service.     Part II - Social Care.     Schedule 5 - Repeals.     Part I - National Health Service.     Part II - Pharmaceutical services.     Part III - Social Care.

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Prepared 21 December 2000