The NHS is asking the government to rip up key parts of the Lansley Act on competition, the long-term plan has revealed.
The document said NHS England had consulted with “clinicians and NHS leaders” to present government with a “provisional list” of requests for changes to legislation.
These include:
- Freeing commissioners from procurement rules introduced in the 2012 Act;
- Removing the role of the Competition and Markets Authority in NHS merger and acquisitions;
- Introducing legal “shared duties” for clinical commissioning groups and NHS providers on outcomes and finance
Full story on HSJ, 7 January 2019