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Health White Paper - Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS
28 July 2010
The Health White Paper provides a series of opportunities and challenges for the sector. Contained within the White Paper are plans which include a shake-up of the design and delivery of health and care services locally. These will be administered by Consortia consisting of local authorities, GPs and communities. It is through communities that the voluntary and community sector (VCS) might have the opportunity to influence, shape and deliver services as appropriate. In this context, it is important that as many support and frontline VCS organisations as possible respond to the consultation process which will include a North West event in September (date tba).
Consultation topics:
- Commissioning for Patients: the intended arrangements for GP commissioning and the NHS Commissioning Board's role in supporting consortia and holding them to account.
- Local Democratic Legitimacy in Health: information on proposals for increasing local democratic legitimacy in health, through a clear and enhanced role for local government.
- Regulating Health Care Providers: proposals for foundation trusts and the establishment of an economic regulator for health and adult social care.
- Transparency in Outcomes - a framework for the NHS: proposals for developing an NHS Outcomes Framework.
Review Document - Report of the Arm's-Length Bodies Review: the proposals toabolish some arm's-length bodies, streamline the functions of others, and the transfer of functions to other bodies.
Health White Paper Briefing: outlines the main proposals of Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS and also some implications for the voluntary and community sector.
Health White Paper - Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS
Featured Event
North West Community Empowerment Practitioners' Forum
Networking event for community empowerment practitioners and community development workers in the North West
Featured News
Influencing the Spending Review - update
Latest updates for the departmental structural reform plans available
Future North West consultation now open
A document outlining the agreed strategic priorities of the North West based on the Regional Strategy consultation work over the last two years is now open for consultation until 8 October 2010.
VSNW's response to Lottery Shares Consultation
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport have proposed a potential £750m reduction in Big Lottery Funding to VCS groups over the next five years
Events & Trainings
VSNW’s list of events & training opportunities for VCS groups in the North West
