Part 1: Health Service in England: Integration, Collaboration and Other Changes NHS England Section 6: Duties as to reducing inequalities
Section 6 amends section 13G of the NHS Act 2006 to make it clear that NHS England’s duty in relation to the reduction of inequalities in access to health services covers people before they are patients. It also makes it explicit that the duty to have regard to the need to reduce inequalities in outcomes for patients covers outcomes described in section 13E(3), such as the quality of experience undergone by patient.