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The NHS Constitution for England

Subject to Parliamentary approval, all NHS bodies, and private and third-sector providers supplying NHS services in England will be required by law to take account of the Constitution in their decisions and actions. The Government will have a legal duty to renew the Constitution every 10 years. No Government will be able to change the Constitution, without the full involvement of staff, patients and the public.

The interactive version of the Constitution and its supporting documents is designed to help you navigate through all of the supporting information that you may need when reading the NHS Constitution.

A braille version is available on request.

• Download the NHS Constitution for England (PDF, 102K)
• Download interactive version (PDF, 918K)
• Download large print version (PDF, 65K)
• Download audio version (MP3, 22862K)
• Download easy read version (PDF, 1133K)
• Download the Constitution in Arabic (PDF, 234K)
• Download the Constitution in Bengali (PDF, 210K)
• Download the Constitution in Chinese (PDF, 517K)
• Download the Constitution in Gujarati (PDF, 219K)
• Download the Constitution in Polish (PDF, 200K)
• Download the Constitution in Portuguese (PDF, 189K)
• Download the Constitution in Punjabi (PDF, 182K)
• Download the Constitution in Slovak (PDF, 191K)
• Download the Constitution in Spanish (PDF, 114K)
• Download the Constitution in Turkish (PDF, 190K)
• Download the Constitution in Urdu (PDF, 7297K)