Impact assessment

Health Bill: impact assessments summary

Outlines the approach to assessing the objectives, rationale, costs and benefits of the Health Bill, and summarises how the proposals in the bill will affect integrated care boards and foundation trusts.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 14 May 2026

Applies to England

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Health Bill: impact assessments summary

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The Health Bill is supporting 2 overarching aims:

• improve patient safety and experience through a new single patient record (SPR), enabling joined-up, proactive care and empowering patients
• put power and resources in the hands of NHS organisations providing direct patient care by abolishing NHS England and stripping back national bureaucracy

See the Health Bill collection page for the bill’s other supporting documents:

• impact assessments
• equality impact assessments

Published 14 May 2026