Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003

E215004

Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom United Kingdom primary legislation

The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 is UK legislation that reformed the National Health Service and social care regulation, including introducing NHS foundation trusts and new quality and inspection frameworks.

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Label	Occurrences
Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 canonical	3

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom primary legislation ⓘ
appliesToSector	National Health Service ⓘ surface form: National Health Service in England care homes sector ⓘ independent healthcare sector ⓘ local authority social services ⓘ
citation	2003 c. 43 ⓘ
containsProvisionsOn	NHS foundation trust authorisation ⓘ enforcement action against failing providers ⓘ inspection powers of regulators ⓘ standards of health service performance ⓘ standards of social care provision ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdLegalForm	NHS foundation trust ⓘ
establishedBody	Care Quality Commission ⓘ surface form: Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection Commission for Social Care Inspection ⓘ
introducedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom Government
introducedConcept	earned autonomy for NHS organisations ⓘ new inspection framework for social care ⓘ statutory performance ratings for NHS bodies ⓘ
jurisdiction	England ⓘ Wales ⓘ
legalStatus	in force with amendments ⓘ
legislativeArea	health law ⓘ public administration ⓘ social care law ⓘ
longTitle	An Act to make provision about the National Health Service; to establish and make provision about the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection and the Commission for Social Care Inspection; to make provision about the regulation of social care and independent health care; and for connected purposes ⓘ
parliament	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
partiallySupersededBy	Health and Social Care Act 2008 ⓘ Health and Social Care Act 2012 ⓘ
primarySubject	National Health Service ⓘ community health services ⓘ social care regulation ⓘ
reformArea	NHS policy ⓘ surface form: NHS governance healthcare quality assurance ⓘ inspection of health services ⓘ inspection of social care services ⓘ
regionSpecificProvisions	Wales ⓘ
royalAssentDate	2003-11-20 ⓘ
shortTitle	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 self-link ⓘ
topic	NHS funding arrangements ⓘ health service performance standards ⓘ patient choice ⓘ regulation of independent healthcare ⓘ regulation of social care providers ⓘ
yearEnacted	2003 ⓘ

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Medical Act 1983 → amendedBy → Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 ⓘ

Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 → amends → Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 ⓘ

Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 → shortTitle → Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 self-link ⓘ