1. Does the NHS and Social Care Act spell the end of routine NHS data?
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Pollock, Allyson M., Macfarlane, Alison, and Godden, Sylvia
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HEALTH care reform , *DATABASE management , *HEALTH care rationing , *NATIONAL health services - Abstract
The article reports that the U.S. Health and Social Care Act 2012 will replace the administrative structure of the NHS in England and its implications on existing routine data systems and the production of routine statistics. As stated, under the Act, unlike primary care trusts (PCTs), commissioning groups will no longer have responsibility for geographical areas and their practices will be able to recruit patients living anywhere in England. It also states that some health services for which PCTs are responsible will be out of the health service entirely or may be provided under the new public health system.
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- 2012