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In 2012 the Health and Social Care Bill 2012 received Royal Assent. This 15 paper assesses the degree to which the changes brought about by this bill may be seen as exemplifying 'the death of the social'. The issue is examined looking at the idea of governmentality as developed by Foucault and the concept of the social to assess the way the bill fits in which these concepts. The bibliography cites 17 sources.
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and the inherent changes which will occur as a result may be argued as exemplifying the concept of the death of the social. The changes that are brought about by
the bill are some of the most radical changes to the UKs National Health Service (NHS) and may be considered in the context of a serous of evolutions which move
increasingly away from treating the NHS a collective solution to the needs of a society, and towards and increased level of fragmentation. The bill has been highly controversial,
opposed by a number of professional organizations, including the British Medical Association (BMA), the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) (Triggle, 2012) who where later
joined by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP, 2012). The RCN and RCM, and the RCGP had been working with the government in order to find a way of
implementing changes, but gradually withdrew from the process. The RCN and RCM with during January 2012, and following amendments which were proposed the RCGP adopted a position of total opposition
in February 2012, stating in a press release announcing the opposition and call for the government to drop the Bill that they could not " support a Bill that will
damage the care and services that GPs deliver to patients and ultimately bring about the demise of a unified, national health service" (RCGP, 2012). This indicates the way in which
the organisation believes the changes will ultimately have a negative impact for the patients, and result in the ultimate fragmentation of the service. With a high level of opposition from
the professional organisations it would appear there are some significant concerns regarding the Bill. There is little doubt that the Bill require a significant reorganisation of the NHS, with plans
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