The NHS

The National Health Service provides healthcare to everyone in the UK. Issues such as funding, privatisation, recruitment for and management of this national resource mean that it's never far from the political agenda.

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Recent votes on the NHS

  • The majority of MPs voted to continue to empower GPs to commission services, retain a strong Care Quality Commission, to retain Healthwatch England, and not to reverse a decision to seek to cut admin costs for example by abolishing Primary Care Trusts. Show debate 23 Oct 2019
  • The majority of MPs voted to support proposed NHS reforms including giving more power to GPs to commission services, strengthening the Care Quality Commission, and cutting admin costs for example by abolishing Primary Care Trusts. Show debate 13 Mar 2012
  • The majority of MPs voted to support proposed NHS reforms including giving more power to GPs to commission services, strengthening the Care Quality Commission, and cutting admin costs for example by abolishing Primary Care Trusts. Show debate 13 Mar 2012
  • The majority of MPs voted against reducing the amount of income a NHS foundation trust is permitted to make from private patients. Show debate 16 Jan 2012
  • The majority of MPs voted against dropping the Health and Social Care Bill and against entering cross party talks on reforming NHS commissioning. Show debate 26 Oct 2011

Parliamentary business about the NHS