[1] The plan marked the official abandonment of the policy of competition in the English NHS, which was established by the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
[4] The particular focus on children's health includes halving the number of stillbirths, maternal mortality and neonatal deaths and serious brain injuries at birth by 2025.
[9] This would allow NHS commissioners to decide the circumstances in which they should use procurement procedures, subject to statutory guidance and a best value test to secure the best outcomes for patients and the taxpayer.
The assembly is to be chaired by Dr Clare Gerada and Professor Sir Chris Ham and will meet four times a year.
It has a very varied membership including people from the voluntary sector, Rachel Power, the Chief Executive of the Patients Association, Charlotte Pickles, who previously advised Iain Duncan Smith, Polly Toynbee, and the president of the Royal College of Nursing Anne Marie Rafferty.