Leglisation facilitated the piloting of different types of primary care contracting arrangements and established mechanisms for the direct employment of GPs.
A House of Lords' judgement concluded that a local authority could take into account its resources when assessing a person's eligibility for community care services.
Legislation gave carers the right to ask for an assessment of their needs and ability to care for a person who was being assessed for eligibility for community care services.
The Health Committee published a report on purchasing, endorsing a separation between strategy and operational delivery as an approach to priority setting.
