Published 15 September 2023
Last updated 3 December 2024 — See all updates
Section 75 call for evidence:
summary of responses
Detail of outcome
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) received 91
responses to the online survey and 14 written responses. This
document summarises the responses received. The findings from the
call for evidence are not necessarily representative of or
endorsed by DHSC. They are
based solely on the responses to the survey.
The responses from the call for evidence will inform our next
steps in the review of section 75 (NHS Act 2006).
Original call for evidence
Summary
We want your views on changes to section 75 of the NHS Act 2006
to increase the use of pooled budgets to support the integration
of health and care.
This call for evidence ran from
9:30am on 15 September 2023 to 11:59pm on 31 October
2023
Call for evidence description
The government is committed to enabling further integrated
working arrangements between health and social care.
In the integration white
paper we committed to review section 75 of the NHS Act 2006
to support further use of pooled budgets. Therefore, we
would like your views on:
-
whether the scope of section 75 should be widened to include:
- additional health-related functions of local authorities
and NHS bodies
- additional public health functions delegated to local
authorities and NHS bodies by the Secretary of State
- a wider range of organisations that can enter into
arrangements under section 75
-
any perceived barriers to pooling of budgets and whether the
regulations could be simplified to facilitate easier use and
reduce the administrative burden on NHS bodies and local
authorities
-
how we could strengthen and/or simplify the governance of
section 75 arrangements to further support the commissioning
of integrated care services
Documents
Review of section 75
arrangements: supporting document
