Impact assessment

Health Bill: promoting visiting - equality impact assessment

Outlines the approach to assessing equality impacts of the proposals to ensure that integrated care boards and local authorities consider visiting and involving other people in care decisions as part of the Health Bill.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 9 September 2026

Applies to England

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Health Bill: promoting visiting - equality impact assessment

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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
• other equality impact assessments
• fact sheets

Published 9 September 2026