tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post9218349785567948208..comments2024-03-29T08:05:56.264+00:00Comments on Law and Lawyers: Health and Social Care Bill .. a quick look?ObiterJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-63560989632057913782013-02-16T08:27:07.288+00:002013-02-16T08:27:07.288+00:00Politics has been imbibed into the matter of healt...Politics has been imbibed into the matter of health sector. Radical changes in the health sector will certainly draw the negative response from the people if they are not aware of the fact of the changes. What law and how it will be used up in the public's benefits is thus a matter of concern. Passing the bill has political benefits and lies in the hands of the leaders but lessening the interests of citizens. Hope everyone will be benefited through the situation and the new passing up of the bill.Jack smithhttp://redifininghealth.blogspot.in/2013/02/digital-culture-and-urgent-care-centers.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-16934812013304903342011-10-30T01:19:25.870+01:002011-10-30T01:19:25.870+01:00The Government has no mandate to do this. The publ...The Government has no mandate to do this. The public has not been informed that an essential service is being effectively denationalised or privatised. Isn't this theft from the public and perjury?Susannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-67260059395101322382011-10-11T18:34:41.473+01:002011-10-11T18:34:41.473+01:00@Ed (not Bystander) - thank you.
The legal "...@Ed (not Bystander) - thank you.<br /><br />The legal "duties" on the Secretary of State and others have been quite central to some of the arguments relating to the Bill. Some see the changed role of the Secretary of State as marking the end of the NHS. Personally, I am not entirely convinced by that argument though the SoS will very definitely have a different role and we will have a quite different look to the whole NHS.<br /><br />Whether the Bill is a "good thing" or not is, of course, a political question. I felt that a slight airing of the above question might be of interest to some and hope that it was. <br /><br />I found it interesting to look at it and may return to this later after the Bill is enacted (assuming that it will be).ObiterJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-28368724443275678692011-10-11T16:45:49.997+01:002011-10-11T16:45:49.997+01:00OJ, it's your blog. I suppose my suggestion wa...OJ, it's your blog. I suppose my suggestion was really that it be discussed once passed and in force, and that discussion before then was not of serious legal relevance.Ed (not Bystander)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-226514702407055882011-10-11T10:38:39.987+01:002011-10-11T10:38:39.987+01:00@ Ed (not Bystander) - Your comment seems to be so...@ Ed (not Bystander) - Your comment seems to be somewhat "carping" but, out of courtesy, I will offer you an answer even though I doubt you will accept it.<br /><br />Ultimately, acceptance of this Bill is a political matter. However, the "duties" and "powers" within the Bill are of legal interest to some - even if not to you. In fact, it is on the Secretary of State's duty that the government may make a concession to opponents of the Bill in the Lords.<br /><br />The possibility of such a concession is referred to in this <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/senior-doctors-revolt-against-health-reforms-2368608.html" rel="nofollow">Independent report 11th October</a>.<br /><br />The post looks at how the traditional role of the Secretary of State changes and how the duties are imposed - in reworded form - on to other bodies such as the Commissioning Groups. The post also looks at the legal wording of those duties as it will become if the Bill passes into law. <br /><br />At the end of the day, health care is of crucial importance to individuals and some will try to seek redress via legal process. Frequently, there is no neat divide between law and politics given that politicians frequently seek to use the law to secure their policy aims.ObiterJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-59617457052389263272011-10-11T00:55:20.796+01:002011-10-11T00:55:20.796+01:00Great! I assume you will be retitling this "b...Great! I assume you will be retitling this "blog" as "Politics and Politicians".<br /><br />In other words, this is not a legal but political matter.Ed (not Bystander)noreply@blogger.com