Section 75 regulations remain in place

Members of the Lords discussed the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations last month. It had been proposed that the regulations be annulled due to uncertainty as to whether they implemented the assurances, given by ministers during the passage of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, that NHS Commissioners would be free to commission services in the way they consider to be in the best interests of patients. The Lords voted not to annul.