The new NHS

The NHS is changing. The Health and Social Care Act brings in the most wide-ranging reforms of the NHS since it was founded in 1948. On 1 April 2013 the main changes set out in the Act came into force, and most parts of the NHS will be affected in some way.

Here we draw on our policy research and analysis plus our experience of working with NHS leaders and managers to examine five key aspects of the new NHS: clinical commissioning groups, public health, health and wellbeing boards, economic regulation and providers.