UK Parliament / Open data

Health and Care Bill

Proceeding contribution from Baroness Thornton (Labour) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 13 January 2022. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Health and Care Bill.

Moved by

Baroness Thornton

11: Clause 3, page 2, line 20, at end insert—

“(3A) In section 13G (duty as to reducing inequalities), at end insert—

“(2) NHS England must publish guidance about the collection, analysis, reporting and publication of performance data by relevant NHS bodies with respect to factors or indicators relevant to health inequalities.

(3) Relevant NHS bodies must have regard to guidance published by NHS England under this section.

(4) In this section “relevant NHS bodies” means—

(a) NHS England,

(b) integrated care boards,

(c) integrated care partnerships established under section 116ZA of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007,

(d) NHS trusts established under section 25, and

(e) NHS foundation trusts.””

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would give NHS England a statutory duty to publish guidance on how NHS bodies should collect, analyse, report and publish performance data on factors and/or indicators related to health inequalities.