New NHS regulator 'risks failure'
Randeep Ramesh
The government's new health service regulator "may fail" unless the controversial NHS bill passing through the upper house is amended, the King's Fund has warned.
In a report examining Andrew Lansley's proposals for Monitor, the NHS regulator, the health thinktank says the health bill expands the regulator's role from overseeing NHS foundation trusts with a set of "wide-ranging new powers" that will allow economic supervision of the entire health sector.
Under the health secretary's plans, Monitor will become responsible for setting prices for NHS-funded services, ensuring competition works in the health service and maintaining essential services if hospitals go bust. The new body will have 500 staff and a budget of £82m a year.
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"New NHS regulator 'risks failure'", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), mars 2011. Consulté le 22/03/2023. URL: http://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/new-nhs-regulator-risks-failure-