Health and Social Care Act 2001

1. Introduction

2. Summary

3. The Act

4. Commentary on Sections

   1. Part 1: National Health Service

      Health Service Funding

      1. Section 1: Determination of allotments to and resource limits for Health Authorities and Primary Care Trusts

      2. Section 2: Payments relating to past performance

      3. Section 3: Supplementary payments to NHS trusts and Primary Care Trusts

      4. Section 4: Public-Private Partnerships

      5. Section 5: Income Generation

      6. Terms of employment of health service employees

         1. Section 6: Terms and conditions of employment by certain health service bodies

      7. Scrutiny of Health Service provision, Patient and Public involvement and Independent Advocacy – Background

      8. Local Authority Scrutiny of Health Service Provision

         1. Section 7: Functions of overview and scrutiny committees

         2. Section 8: Joint overview and scrutiny committees etc

         3. Section 9: Overview and scrutiny committees: exempt information

         4. Section 10: Application to the City of London

      9. Public involvement and consultation

         1. Section 11: Public involvement and consultation.

      10. Independent advocacy services

          1. Section 12: Independent advocacy services

      11. Intervention powers

          1. Section 13: Intervention orders

      12. Abolition of Medical Practices Committee and National Health Service Tribunal

          1. Section 14: Abolition of Medical Practices Committee

          2. Section 15: Vacancies for medical practitioners

          3. Section 16: Abolition of NHS Tribunal

      13. General and personal medical services, general dental services, general ophthalmic services and pharmaceutical services

          1. Section 17: Remuneration of General Medical Practitioners

          2. Section 18: Out of hours medical services

          3. Section 19: Enhanced criminal record certificates

          4. Section 20: Medical, dental, ophthalmic and pharmaceutical lists etc.

          5. Section 21: Conditional inclusion in medical, dental, ophthalmic and pharmaceutical lists

          6. Section 22: Dental Corporations

          7. Section 23: Declaration of financial interests, gifts, etc.

          8. Section 24: Supplementary lists

          9. Section 25: Suspension and disqualification of practitioners

      14. Personal medical services and personal dental services

          1. Section 26: PMS and PDS lists

      15. The Family Health Services Appeal Authority

          1. Section 27: The Family Health Services Appeal Authority

   2. Part 2: Pharmaceutical Services

      1. Chapter 1: Local Pharmaceutical Services

         1. Preparation and making of pilot schemes

            1. Section 28: Pilot Schemes

            2. Section 29: Making Pilot Schemes

            3. Section 30: Designation of priority neighbourhoods or premises

         2. Reviews, variation and termination of pilot schemes

            1. Section 31: Reviews of Pilot Schemes

            2. Section 32: Variation and Termination of Pilot Schemes

         3. NHS contracts and financial provision

            1. Section 33: NHS Contracts

            2. Section 34: Funding of preparatory work

            3. Section 35: Charges, recovery of payments and penalties

         4. General

            1. Section 36: Effect of the 1977 Act

            2. Section 37: Premises from which pilot services may be provided

            3. Section 38: Control of Entry Regulations

         5. Assessing the result of pilot schemes

            1. Section 39: Assessing pilot schemes

         6. Provision for local pharmaceutical schemes

            1. Section 40: Provision for LPS schemes

         7. Corresponding provision, etc.

            1. Section 41: Corresponding provision and application of enactments

            2. Schedule 2: Pilot Schemes

            3. Schedule 3: Local Pharmaceutical Services

      2. Chapter 2: Changes to existing arrangements

         England and Wales

         1. Section 42: Dispensing of NHS prescriptions and provision of pharmaceutical services

         2. Section 43: Remote provision of pharmaceutical, etc. services

         3. Scotland

            1. Section 44: Dispensing of NHS prescriptions

   3. Part 3: Care Trusts and Partnership Arrangements

      1. Sections 45 -47: Care Trusts and directed partnership arrangements

      2. Section 45: Care Trusts where voluntary arrangements

      3. Sections 46 and 47: Directed partnership arrangements and further provisions about directions in connection with such arrangements and Care Trusts.

      4. Section 48: Transfer of staff in connection with partnership arrangements

   4. Part 4 : Social Care

      1. Nursing care

         1. Section 49: Exclusion of nursing care from community care services

      2. Preserved rights

         1. Section 50: Preserved rights: transfer to local authorities of responsibilities as to accommodation

         2. Section 51: Preserved rights: disclosure of information

         3. Section 52: Preserved rights: alignment of social security benefits

      3. Measures to increase availability of Part 3 accommodation

         1. Section 53: Disregarding of resources when determining need for residential accommodation

         2. Section 54: Funding by resident etc. of more expensive accommodation

         3. Section 55: Power for local authorities to take charges on land instead of contributions

         4. Section 56: Cross-Border Placements

      4. Direct payments

         1. Section 57: Direct Payments

         2. Section 58: Direct payments in respect of children

         3. Section 59: Interpretation of Part 4

   5. Part 5 : Miscellaneous and Supplementary

      1. Patient information

         1. Section 60: Control of patient information

         2. Section 61: Patient Information Advisory Group

      2. Services for disabled people

         1. Section 62: Reports to Parliament on services for disabled people

      3. Prescribing rights

         1. Section 63: Extension of prescribing rights

         2. Section 64: Regulations and orders

         3. Section 65: Supplementary and consequential provision etc

         4. Section 66: Interpretation

         5. Section 67: Minor and Consequential amendments and repeals

         6. Section 68: Powers of National Assembly for Wales for Wales under amended Acts

         7. Section 69: Financial provisions

         8. Section 70: Short title, commencement and extent

5. Commencement and Extent

6. ANNEX A OUTLINE OF THE EXISTING LAW

7. ANNEX B EXISTING LEGISLATION ABOUT SOCIAL CARE

8. ANNEX C MISCELLANEOUS