Partial business and regulatory impact assessment: health and social care statutory guidance refresh

5. Competition Assessment

As the proposed programme of work centres on supporting integration authorities to plan and commission services effectively through refreshed statutory guidance, the proposed actions will not:

• directly or indirectly limit the number or range of suppliers of services;
• limit the ability of suppliers to compete;
• measure the limit suppliers' incentives to compete vigorously;
• limit the choices and information available to consumers.

Therefore, an in-depth assessment of the likely impact on competition is not considered necessary.