Health and Social Care Bill

18: After Clause 7, insert the following new Clause— ““The Secretary of State’s duty as to preventing bureaucracy After section 1F of the National Health Service Act 2006 insert— ““1G Duty as to preventing bureaucracy In exercising functions in relation to the health service, the Secretary of State must, so far as in consistent with the interests of the health service, act with a view to securing— (a) that the NHS Commissioning Board shall exercise its functions in relation to the health service with a minimum level of management tiers, and (b) that any other person exercising functions in relation to the health service must have regard to the need to curb bureaucracy.””””