Impact assessment

Health and Care Act 2022: combined impact assessments

Assessment of the impact of Health and Care Act 2022.

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Documents

Summary document and analysis of additional measures

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Health and Care Act 2022 core measures impact assessment

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Social care impact assessments

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Virginity testing ban impact assessment

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Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) impact assessment

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Ban on hymenoplasty impact assessment

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Mandatory training on learning disability and autism impact assessment

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Details

The Health and Care Bill was introduced to Parliament on 6 July 2021, following publication of the white paper Integration and innovation: working together to improve health and social care for all in February 2021.

The Health and Care Act 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).

The Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) has rated these impact assessments as fit for purpose.

You can read the RPC opinion on:

Updates to this page

Published 4 November 2022
Last updated 21 September 2023 + show all updates
  1. Updated 'Social care impact assessments' to add table 1a and description on page 91 about updated direct costs to local authorities.

  2. Added the Mandatory training on learning disability and autism impact assessment.

  3. Added a link to the Regulatory Policy Committee's opinion on the Enactment Impact Assessments.

  4. First published.

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