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United Kingdom health law concerns the laws in the
United Kingdom concerning
health care and
medicine, primarily administered through the
National Health Service.
History
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Local board of health
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UK Medical Act 1876
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Apothecaries Act 1815
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Dentists Act 1984
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Medical Act 1858
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National Health Service Act 1977
- Royal Commission on the NHS (1979)
Cmnd 7615
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National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, NHS internal market
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NHS Plan 2000 more money, and more competition
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National Health Service Act 2006
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Regional hospital boards (1947–1974) under the
National Health Service Act 1946
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Regional health authority (UK) (1974-1996), 14 RHA's since the
National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 plus 90
area health authorities. Also
community health councils (1974-2003) with local council, charity appointees were meant to meet the public
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NHS Executive (1996-2002) with 8 regional offices.
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Strategic health authorities, 28 in total, and
List of Primary Care Trusts in England (2001-2013).
Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health which ran patients' forums (2003-2008) was replaced 151
local involvement networks (2008-2013)
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Clinical commissioning group under the
Health and Social Care Act 2012, originally 211 CCGs, but shrinking with mergers. The
Care Quality Commission (2009-today) inspects hospitals, GPs and homes, and appoints the director of
Healthwatch England which organises 148 Healthwatch groups.
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Healthcare in Greater Manchester
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National Health Service Act 1966 (
c 8) s 10 required GP remuneration to be partly linked to the number of patients they saw.
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National Health Service Act 1977 (
c 49)
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National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (
c 46)
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NHS Redress Act 2006
Governance
Medical malpractice
Consent and privacy
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Research
Mental health
Life and death
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See also
References
- E Jackson, Medical Law: Texts, Cases and Materials (4th edn 2016)
- E McGaughey, Principles of Enterprise Law: the Economic Constitution and Human Rights (
Cambridge UP 2022) ch 9