Acts of Parliament on Health since Labour came into office
National Health Service (Private Finance) Act 1997
Health
Service Commissioners (Amendment) Act 2000
Health
and Social Care Act 2001
National
Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002
Health
(Wales) Act 2003
Health
and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 . This
is a complex Act in six parts. Part One introduces Foundation Trusts.
Bills currently before Parliament
Selected Statutory Instruments
- 1997 No. 1678 / NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES /
The
National Health Service (Fund-holding Practices) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations
1997 . Minor amendments (looking several years ahead) to an
institution due for phasing out.
- 1997 No. 1821 / NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES / NATIONAL HEALTH
SERVICE, SCOTLAND /
The
National Health Service (Pilot Schemes: Financial Assistance for Preparatory
Work) Regulations 1997 . Implements pre-election legislation.
- 1997 No. 1831 / MEDICINES /
The
Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Regulations
1997 . Facilitates computerisation of registers.
- 1997 No. 1888 / NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES /
The
National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 1997 .
Makes GPs' employees eligible.
- 1997 No. 1963 / NURSES, MIDWIVES AND HEALTH VISITORS /
The
National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for England
(Constitution and Administration) Amendment Order 1997 . Stops
training appointments being constrained by shortage of academic places.
- 1997 No. 2289 / NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES / NATIONAL HEALTH
SERVICE, SCOTLAND /
The
National Health Service (Proposals for Pilot Schemes) and (Miscellaneous
Amendments) Regulations 1997 . Implements pre-election
legislation.
- 1997 No. 2457 (C. 96) / NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES /
The
National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 2) Order
1997 . Implements pre-election legislation. Other similar
Orders are not listed.
- 1997 No. 2468 / NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES /
The
National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment (No. 3)
Regulations 1997 . Affects planning of GP services and training
of GPs.
- 1997 No. 2817 / NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES /
The
National Health Service (Vocational Training for General Medical Practice)
Regulations 1997 . Implement European directives on GP training.
- 1997 No. 2990 / NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES /
The
National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Amendment
Regulations 1997 . Relaxes some restrictions on membership and
enables dismissal after three months' absence (previously six months).
- 1998 No. 632 / NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES /
The
National Health Service (Functions of Health Authorities) (Prescribing
Incentive Schemes) Regulations 1998 . Minor changes to
arrangements for Health Authorities to allocate prescribing budgets to fund
holding practices etc.
- 1998 No. 668 / NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES /
The
National Health Service (Choice of Medical Practitioner) Regulations 1998
. Replacement regulations recognising different types of GP contract
(personal medical services as distinct from general medical services).
Other statutory instruments (not listed here) have similar reasons.
- 1998 No. 812 / NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES /
The
Walsgrave Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment
Order 1998 . This and the two following statutory instruments
merge services and
establish remote management for health services in Rugby. Similar orders
were made for many other areas.
- 1998 No. 1975 / NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES /
The
National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Amendment
Regulations 1998 . Increases by one the maximum number of
non-executive directors.
- 1998 No. 2621 / NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES /
The
Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Amendment Regulations 1998.
Exempts from limits on executive members committees to be known as
"Primary Care Groups".
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- 2005 No. 3361 / NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND /
The National Health
Service (General Dental Services Contracts) Regulations 2005
- 2005 No. 3373 / NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND /
The National Health
Service (Personal Dental Services Agreements) Regulations 2005
- 2005 No. 3435 / NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND /
The General Dental
Services and Personal Dental Services Transitional Provisions Order 2005
- 2005 No. 3477 / NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND /
The National Health
Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 2005
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