The Health and Social Care bill: An end of year report

Each year at the Nuffield Trust Health Policy Summit, The BMJ hosts a breakfast roundtable. It has been one year since the Health and Social Care Bill for England was enacted, and the reconfiguration of the NHS continues, so this year we asked our panel to give the bill an end of year report.

Taking part were:

John Richards – Southampton Clinical Commissioning Group

Nigel Edwards - CEO Nuffield Trust

Jennifer Dixon - CEO Health Foundation

Terence Stephenson - president Academy of Medical Royal Colleges

Maureen Baker - Chair RCGP

Hugh Taylor - Chairman Guys and St Thomas' Foundation Trust

Nick Hicks - CEO COBIC Ltd

Jeremy Taylor - National Voices

Tim Ferris - VP for population health management, Partners Healthcare, MA

Nick Timmins - Senior Associate Nuffield Trust