Triple Aim
The Act introduces a new duty on NHS organisations to consider the effects of their decisions on the better health and wellbeing of the people in England, the quality of care for all patients, and the sustainable use of NHS resources - the policy referred to in the White Paper "Working together to improve health and social care for all" as the "Triple Aim". This duty should facilitate the tackling of inequalities, and it is made clear in the Act that the duty requires inequalities in health and wellbeing and the benefits from services to be part of the considered.
	The previous legislative framework potentially led organisations to work primarily in the best interest of their own organisations and their own immediate patients - but did not support the delivery of integrated, patient-centred care.
	This new duty requires organisations to think about the interests of the wider system and will provide common, system-wide goals that need to be achieved through collaboration, which includes NHS organisations’ role in tackling disparities in health.