title: The Health and Social Care Bill: value for money or service improvement?
abstract: Over the past couple of weeks, I have found myself yet again examining the proposed new Health and Social Care Bill. Although the Bill has cleared the House of Commons for now, it is being scrutinized in the House of Lords, who have had plenty of critical and uncomplimentary things to say. My concern regarding the progress of the Bill and the negative response surrounding it prompted me to revisit the legislation.
authors.affiliation: University of Hertfordshire, UK.
authors.forename: Lyn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Karstadt
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D006113:United Kingdom