Health and Care Services Bill

The Health and Care Services Bill will amalgamate and modernise existing primary legislation underpinning health and care services. The purpose of the consultation by the Department of Health and Social Care was to inform the public about work undertaken to date and hear your views about how to make our health and care system better.

There were 240 responses, received online and through the post. Responses were largely supportive of the work undertaken to date and can be seen below.

The Department is grateful to all those who took time to respond to the consultation. The results will be considered and used to inform the policy principles which will underpin the Health and Care Services Bill.

Next Steps

The Department continues to work on policy development for the Health and Care Services Bill. Further public consultation will be published mid-2025 with a focus on specific issues relating to delivery of health and care services. Example topics include community healthcare provision and social care assessment frameworks.