Blog: Why the Health and Care Bill is so important

By UNISON head of health Sara Gorton
UNISON was among the earliest and fiercest critics of the 2012 ‘Lansley’ Act, which extended the scope for privatisation of the NHS in England, and made NHS services subject to unwieldy competition and procurement regulations.
It also encouraged fragmentation and disrupted the service by creating and moving tens of thousands of people into a series of new ‘arms-length bodies’.
Since the 2012 Act, UNISON has lobbied for changes –