National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006
National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (2006 c. 42)
- National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (2006 c. 42)
- Part 1 Promotion and provision of the health service in Wales
- The Welsh Ministers and the health service in Wales
- 1 Welsh Ministers' duty to promote health service
- 1A Welsh Ministers' duty to secure quality in health services
- General power to provide services
- 2 Welsh Ministers' general power
- Provision of particular services
- 3 Welsh Ministers' duty as to provision of certain services
- 4 High security psychiatric services
- 5 Other services
- Provision of services otherwise than in Wales
- 6 Performance of functions outside Wales
- 6A Reimbursement of cost of services provided in another EEA state
- 6B Prior authorisation for the purposes of section 6A
- 6BA Reimbursement of cost of services provided in another EEA state where expenditure incurred on or after 25 October 2013
- 6BB Prior authorisation for the purposes of section 6BA
- NHS contracts
- 7 NHS contracts
- 8 Provision for bodies in Northern Ireland
- 8A Provision for bodies in Scotland
- 9 Arrangements to be treated as NHS contracts
- Provision of services otherwise than by the Welsh Ministers
- 10 Welsh Ministers' arrangements with other bodies
- Procurement
- 10A Procurement of services etc. as part of the NHS in Wales
- Direct payments for health care
- 10B Direct payments for health care
- 10C Regulations about direct payments
- 10D Arrangements with other bodies relating to direct payments
- Part 2 Health service bodies
- Chapter 1 Local Health Boards
- 11 Local Health Boards
- 12 Functions of Local Health Boards
- 12A Local Health Boards' duty to secure quality in health services
- 13 Exercise of Local Health Board functions
- 14 Section 50 arrangements and section 64 arrangements
- 15 Administration and management of services
- 16 Advice for Local Health Boards
- 17 Plans for improving health etc
- Chapter 2 NHS trusts
- 18 NHS trusts
- 19 Welsh Ministers' directions to NHS trusts
- 20 General duty of NHS trusts
- 20A Duty of NHS trusts to secure quality in health services
- 21 Financial provisions relating to NHS trusts
- Chapter 3 Special Health Authorities
- 22 Special Health Authorities
- 23 Welsh Ministers' directions to Special Health Authorities
- 24 Exercise of health service functions by Special Health Authorities
- 24A Duty of Special Health Authorities to secure quality in health services
- 25 Exercise of Special Health Authority functions
- Chapter 4 Miscellaneous
- Nursing services
- 25A Duty to have regard to providing sufficient nurses
- Nurse staffing levels
- 25B Duty to calculate and take steps to maintain nurse staffing levels
- 25C Nurse staffing levels: method of calculation
- 25D Nurse staffing levels: guidance
- 25E Nurse staffing levels: reports
- Intervention orders and default powers
- 26 Intervention orders
- 27 Effect of intervention orders
- 28 Default powers
- Transfer of residual liabilities
- 29 Transfer of residual liabilities
- Losses and liabilities of certain health service bodies
- 30 Schemes for meeting losses and liabilities etc of certain health service bodies
- Directions and regulations under this Part
- 31 Directions and regulations under this Part
- Part 3 Local authorities and the NHS
- 32 Supply of goods and services by local authorities
- 33 Arrangements between NHS bodies and local authorities
- 34 Power of local authorities to make payments
- 35 Care Trusts
- 36 Directed partnership arrangements
- 37 Further provisions about directions and directed partnership arrangements
- 38 Supply of goods and services by the Welsh Ministers
- 39 Conditions of supply under section 38
- 40 Health and well-being strategies in Wales
- Part 4 Medical services
- Duty of Local Health Boards in relation to primary medical services
- 41 Primary medical services
- General medical services contracts
- 42 General medical services contracts: introductory
- 43 Requirement to provide certain primary medical services
- 44 Persons eligible to enter into GMS contracts
- 45 GMS contracts: payments
- 46 GMS contracts: prescription of drugs, etc
- 47 GMS contracts: other required terms
- 48 GMS contracts: disputes and enforcement
- Performance of primary medical services
- 49 Persons performing primary medical services
- Other arrangements for the provision of primary medical services
- 50 Arrangements by Local Health Boards for the provision of primary medical services
- 51 Persons with whom agreements may be made under section 50
- 52 Regulations about section 50 arrangements
- Assistance and support
- 53 Assistance and support: primary medical services
- Local Medical Committees
- 54 Local Medical Committees
- Provision of accommodation by the Welsh Ministers
- 55 Use of accommodation: provision of primary medical services
- Part 5 Dental services
- Duty of Local Health Boards in relation to primary dental services
- 56 Primary dental services
- General dental services contracts
- 57 General dental services contracts: introductory
- 58 Requirement to provide certain primary dental services
- 59 Persons eligible to enter into GDS contracts
- 60 GDS contracts: payments
- 61 GDS contracts: other required terms
- 62 GDS contracts: disputes and enforcement
- Performance of primary dental services
- 63 Persons performing primary dental services
- Other arrangements for the provision of primary dental services
- 64 Arrangements by Local Health Boards for the provision of primary dental services
- 65 Persons with whom agreements may be made under section 64
- 66 Regulations about section 64 arrangements
- Dental public health
- 67 Dental public health
- Assistance and support
- 68 Assistance and support: primary dental services
- Local Dental Committees
- 69 Local Dental Committees
- Provision of accommodation by the Welsh Ministers
- 70 Use of accommodation: provision of primary dental services
- Part 6 Ophthalmic services
- General ophthalmic services
- 71 Arrangements for general ophthalmic services
- 72 Regulations as to general ophthalmic services
- 73 Medical practitioners with qualifications prescribed under section 71
- 74 Exercise of choice of practitioner
- 75 Inadequate provision of ophthalmic services
- Remuneration
- 76 Remuneration for persons providing general ophthalmic services
- 77 Section 76: supplementary
- Local Optical Committees
- 78 Local Optical Committees
- Provision of accommodation by the Welsh Ministers
- 79 Use of accommodation: provision of general ophthalmic services
- Part 7 Pharmaceutical services and local pharmaceutical services
- Chapter 1 Pharmaceutical services
- Provision of pharmaceutical services
- 80 Arrangements for pharmaceutical services
- 81 Arrangements for additional pharmaceutical services
- 82 Terms and conditions, etc
- 82A Pharmaceutical needs assessments
- 83 Regulations as to pharmaceutical services
- 84 Regulations under section 83: appeals, etc
- 85 Power to charge
- 86 Persons authorised to provide pharmaceutical services
- 87 Inadequate provision of pharmaceutical services
- Remuneration
- 88 Remuneration for persons providing pharmaceutical services
- 89 Section 88: supplementary
- Local Pharmaceutical Committees
- 90 Local Pharmaceutical Committees
- Provision of accommodation by the Welsh Ministers
- 91 Use of accommodation: provision of pharmaceutical services
- Chapter 2 Local pharmaceutical services: pilot schemes
- 92 Pilot schemes
- 93 Making pilot schemes
- 94 Designation of priority neighbourhoods or premises
- 95 Reviews of pilot schemes
- 96 Variation and termination of pilot schemes
- 97 NHS contracts and the provision of piloted services
- 98 Funding of preparatory work
- 99 Application of this Act
- 100 Premises from which piloted services may be provided
- 101 Control of entry regulations
- Chapter 3 Local pharmaceutical services: LPS schemes
- 102 Local pharmaceutical services schemes
- Chapter 4 Local pharmaceutical services: application of enactments
- 103 Application of enactments
- Part 8 Qualifications to practice
- Chapter 1 Conditional inclusion and supplementary lists
- 104 Conditional inclusion in ophthalmic and pharmaceutical lists
- 105 Supplementary lists
- 106 Further provision about regulations under section 105
- Chapter 1A Notices and penalties
- 106A Notices and penalties
- Chapter 2 Disqualification
- 107 Disqualification of practitioners
- 108 Contingent removal
- 109 Fraud and unsuitability cases: supplementary
- 110 Suspension
- 111 Suspension pending appeal
- 112 Effect of suspension
- 113 Review of decisions
- 114 Appeals
- 115 National disqualification
- 116 Notification of decisions
- 117 Withdrawal from lists
- 118 Regulations about decisions under this Chapter
- 119 Corresponding provisions in Scotland and Northern Ireland
- Chapter 3 Indemnity Cover
- 120 Indemnity cover
- Part 9 Charging
- Power to charge generally
- 121 Charges for drugs, medicines or appliances, or pharmaceutical services
- 122 Exemptions from general charging
- 123 Pre-payment certificates
- 124 Charges in respect of non-residents
- Charging for dental services
- 125 Dental charging
- 126 Exemptions from dental charging
- Charging for local pharmaceutical services
- 127 Charges, recovery of payments and penalties
- Charging for optical appliances
- 128 Charges for optical appliances
- 129 Payments in respect of optical appliances
- Exemptions, etc
- 130 Remission and repayment of charges
- 131 Payment of travelling expenses
- 132 Sections 130 and 131: supplementary
- Other provisions relating to charging
- 133 Charges for more expensive supplies
- 134 Charges for repairs and replacements in certain cases
- 135 Charges for designated services or facilities
- 136 Sums otherwise payable to those providing services
- 137 Hospital accommodation on part payment
- 138 Expenses payable by employed patients
- Recovery, etc
- 139 Recovery of charges
- 140 Recovery of charges and payments in relation to goods and services
- 141 Penalties relating to charges
- 142 Offences relating to charges
- Part 10 Protection of NHS from fraud and other unlawful activities
- Preliminary
- 143 Compulsory disclosure of documents
- 144 Persons and bodies about which provision is made by this Part
- Disclosure notices
- 145 Notice requiring production of documents
- 146 Production of documents
- 147 Delegation of functions
- 148 Code of practice relating to delegated functions
- 149 Disclosure of information
- 150 Protection of personal information disclosed for purposes of proceedings
- 151 Manner in which disclosure notice may be served
- Offences under this Part
- 152 Offences in connection with production of documents
- 153 Offences relating to disclosure or use of information
- 154 Offences by bodies corporate etc
- 155 Offences committed by partnerships and other unincorporated associations
- 156 Penalties for offences under this Part: transitional modification
- Supplementary
- 157 Orders and regulations under this Part
- 158 Interpretation of this Part
- Part 11 Property and finance
- Chapter 1 Land and other Property
- 159 Acquisition, use and maintenance of property
- Chapter 2 Trusts
- 160 Special trustees for a university or teaching hospital
- 161 Transfers of trust property
- 162 Transfer of functions and property to or from special trustees
- 163 Trustees and property under section 169
- 164 Application of trust property: further provisions
- 165 Trusts: supplementary provisions
- Chapter 3 Property transferred under the National Health Service Act 1946
- 166 Transferred property free of trusts
- 167 Trust property previously held for general hospital purposes
- 168 Voluntary hospitals
- Chapter 4 Raising money
- 169 Power to raise money
- Chapter 5 Formation of companies
- 170 Public-private partnerships
- Chapter 6 Finance
- Special Health Authorities
- 171 Means of meeting expenditure of Special Health Authorities out of public funds
- 172 Financial duties of Special Health Authorities
- 173 Resource limits for Special Health Authorities
- Local Health Boards
- 174 Public funding of Local Health Boards
- 175 Financial duties of Local Health Boards
- 176 Resource limits for Local Health Boards
- 177 Further provision about the expenditure of Local Health Boards
- Accounts and audit
- 178 Accounts and audit
- Allowances and remuneration
- 179 Allowances for members of certain bodies
- 180 Special arrangement as to payment of remuneration
- 181 Payments for certain medical examinations
- Part 12 Public involvement and scrutiny
- Chapter 1 Community Health Councils
- 182 Community Health Councils
- Chapter 2 Public involvement and consultation
- 183 Public involvement and consultation
- Chapter 3 Overview and scrutiny committees
- 184 Functions of overview and scrutiny committees
- 185 Joint overview and scrutiny committees etc
- 186 Overview and scrutiny committees: exempt information
- Part 13 Miscellaneous
- Independent advocacy services
- 187 Independent advocacy services
- Joint working with the prison service
- 188 Joint working with the prison service
- Advisory committees
- 189 Welsh Ministers' standing advisory committees
- 190 Advisory committees for Wales
- Emergency powers
- 191 Emergency powers
- Local social services authorities
- 192 Local social service authorities
- Supplies by the Welsh Ministers
- 193 Supplies not readily obtainable
- Community services
- 194 Power of Local Health Boards to make payments towards expenditure on community services
- 195 Payments in respect of voluntary organisations under section 194
- 196 Power of Welsh Ministers to make payments towards expenditure on community services in Wales
- Universities
- 197 University clinical teaching and research
- Use of facilities in private practice
- 198 Permission for use of facilities in private practice
- Health service development
- 199 Persons displaced by health service development
- Registration of information, etc
- 200 Special notices of births and deaths
- 201 Provision of information by Registrar General
- Part 14 Supplementary
- 202 Territorial limit of exercise of functions
- 203 Orders, regulations and directions
- 204 Further provision about orders and directions under this Act
- 205 Supplementary regulatory powers
- 206 Interpretation
- 207 Index of defined expressions
- 208 Commencement
- 209 Short title, extent and application
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Further provision about the Welsh Ministers and services under this Act
- Medical inspection of pupils
- Weighing and measuring of children
- Contraceptive services
- Provision of vehicles for disabled persons
- Provision of a microbiological service by the Welsh Ministers
- Powers of the Welsh Ministers in relation to research
- SCHEDULE 2 Local Health Boards
- Part 1 Constitution and membership
- Status
- Membership
- Staff
- Remuneration, pensions etc of members
- Part 2 LHB orders
- Part 3 Other Matters
- General power
- Rights and liabilities
- Making accommodation or services available
- Powers of Local Health Boards to enter into externally financed development agreements
- Research
- Training
- Regulations about duties
- Compulsory acquisition
- Dissolution
- Transfer of property
- Transfer of staff
- Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 3 NHS trusts established under section 18
- Part 1 Constitution, establishment, etc
- Status
- Board of directors
- Regulations
- Provision to be made by first NHS trust order
- Temporary availability of staff etc.
- Establishment of NHS trust prior to operational date
- Transfer of staff to NHS trusts
- Transfer of property and liabilities to NHS trusts
- Trust funds and trustees
- Pay and allowances
- Reports and other information
- Part 2 Powers and duties
- General
- NHS contracts
- Research
- Training
- Joint exercise of functions
- Payment for accommodation or services
- Additional income
- Provision of accommodation and services outside England and Wales
- Conferral of further powers by order
- Powers of NHS trusts to enter into externally financed development agreements
- Agreements under section 50 or 64
- Staff
- Pensions, etc.
- Compulsory acquisition
- Part 3 Dissolution
- Part 4 Miscellaneous
- Use and development of consecrated land and burial grounds
- Instruments etc.
- Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 4 Financial provision about NHS trusts established under section 18
- Originating capital of NHS trusts
- Financial obligations of NHS trusts
- Borrowing
- Guarantees of borrowing
- Limits on indebtedness
- Additional public dividend capital
- Supplementary payments
- Surplus funds
- Investment
- SCHEDULE 5 Special Health Authorities established under section 22
- Corporate status
- Pay and allowances
- Staff
- Miscellaneous
- SCHEDULE 6 Pilot schemes
- How pilot schemes may be initiated
- Preliminary steps to be taken
- Approval
- Preliminary approval
- Effect of proposals on existing services
- Guidance
- Making a scheme
- SCHEDULE 7 LPS schemes
- Provision of local pharmaceutical services
- Designation of priority neighbourhoods or premises
- Regulations
- SCHEDULE 8 Further provision about the expenditure of Local Health Boards
- General ophthalmic . . . services expenditure
- Main expenditure
- Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 9 Accounts and audit
- NHS bodies
- Accounts to be kept by NHS bodies
- Preparation of annual accounts
- Transmission of annual accounts
- Summarised accounts of NHS bodies
- Exceptions for accounts of charitable trusts
- Exceptions for accounts of non-charitable trusts
- SCHEDULE 10 Further provision about Community Health Councils
- SCHEDULE 11 Exempt information relating to health services
- Part 1 Descriptions of exempt information
- Part 2 Qualifications
- Part 3 Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 12 Section 33 arrangements: transfer of staff
- Application of Schedule
- Orders transferring staff
- Effect of order on contracts of employment
- Effect of order on pension rights
- Divided employments
- SCHEDULE 13 Further provision about standing advisory committees
- SCHEDULE 14 Further provision about advisory committees for Wales
- SCHEDULE 15 Further provision about local social services authorities
- Care of mothers and young children
- Prevention, care and after-care
- Research
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