PART 1The health service in England

The health service: overview

4The Secretary of State’s duty as to reducing inequalities

After section 1B of the National Health Service Act 2006 insert—

“1CDuty as to reducing inequalities

In exercising functions in relation to the health service, the Secretary of State must have regard to the need to reduce inequalities between the people of England with respect to the benefits that they can obtain from the health service.”