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Health and Care Act 2022

Information relating to the Health and Care Act 2022.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care and Regulatory Policy Committee
• Published: 25 March 2025

The Health and Care Act 2022 received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022.

This primary legislation will build on the NHS’s own proposals for reform to make the health and care system less bureaucratic, more accountable and more integrated in the wake of coronavirus (COVID-19).

Impact assessments

• Health and Care Act 2022: information standards
  • 25 March 2025
  • Impact assessment
• Health and Care Act 2022: combined impact assessments
  • 21 September 2023
  • Impact assessment

Regulatory Policy Committee opinions

The Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) has published the following opinions that rate the Health and Care Act 2022 combined impact assessments as fit for purpose.

• Health and Care Act 2022: RPC Opinion (Green-rated)
  • 5 January 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Health and Care Bill 2021: RPC Opinion
  • 7 September 2021
  • Research and analysis

Published 25 March 2025