Bill · started in the Commons

Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Act 2015

A Bill to make provision about the safety of health and social care services in England; to make provision about the integration of information relating to users of health and social care services in England; to make provision about the sharing of information relating to an individual for the purposes of providing that individual with health or social care services in England; to make provision for removing individuals convicted of certain offences from the registers kept by the regulatory bodies for health and social care professions; to make provision about the objectives of the regulatory bodies for health and social care professions and the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care; to make provision about the disposal of cases concerning a person’s fitness to practise a health or social care profession; and for connected purposes.

The story so farThe Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 2 July 2014 by Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative). It completed its passage through Parliament and became law as the Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Act 2015, receiving Royal Assent on 26 March 2015.

Progress through Parliament

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 27 Mar 2015.