The bill gave effect to the policies in the 'Equity and excellence' white paper. Concerns mounted over the scale of the changes proposed and the bill was heavily scrutinised.
A BBC Panorama programme exposed serious failings at Winterbourne View care home. In response, the government set out new action to transform care for people with learning disabilities.
Several clauses in the bill were 're-committed' to the public bill committee before the bill finally proceeded to the House of Lords on 7 September 2011.
