National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 Explanatory Notes

1. Introduction

2. Summary

3. The Act

4. Commentary on Sections

   1. Part 1 – National Health Service, etc.

      1. NHS bodies and their functions: England

         1. Section 1: English Health Authorities: change of name

         2. Section 2: Primary Care Trusts

         3. Section 3: Directions: distribution of functions

         4. Section 4: Personal medical services, personal dental services and local pharmaceutical services

         5. Section 5: Local Representative Committees

      2. NHS bodies and their functions: Wales

         1. Section 6: Local Health Boards

      3. Financial arrangements: England and Wales

         1. Sections 7, 8 and 9: funding of Strategic Health Authorities, Health Authorities, Primary Care Trusts and Local Health Boards

         2. Section 7: Funding of Strategic Health Authorities and Health Authorities

         3. Section 8: Funding of Primary Care Trusts

         4. Section 9: Funding of Local Health Boards

         5. Section 10: Expenditure of NHS bodies

      4. Quality

         1. Section 11: Duty of Quality

         2. Section 12: Further functions of the Commission for Health Improvement

         3. Section 13: Commission for Health Improvement: inspections and investigations

         4. Section 14: Commission for Health Improvement: constitution

      5. Patient and public involvement

         1. Section 15: Establishment of Patients’ Forums

         2. Section 16: Additional functions of PCT Patients’ Forums

         3. Section 17: Entry and Inspection of Premises

         4. Section 18: Annual reports

         5. Section 19 Supplementary

         6. Section 20: The Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health

         7. Section 21: Overview and scrutiny committees

         8. Section 22: Abolition of Community Health Councils in England

         9. Section 23: Joint working with the prison service

         10. Section 24: Health and well-being strategies in Wales

   2. Part 2: Health care professions

      1. The Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals

         1. Sections 25 to 29: The Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals

         2. Section 25: The Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals

         3. Section 26: Powers and duties of the Council: general

         4. Section 27: Regulatory bodies and the Council

         5. Section 28: Complaints about regulatory bodies

         6. Section 29: Reference of disciplinary cases by Council to court

      2. Appeals

         1. Sections 30 to 34: Appeals

         2. Section 30: Medical practitioners

         3. Section 31: Dentists

         4. Section 32: Opticians

         5. Section 33: Osteopaths

         6. Section 34: Chiropractors

      3. The pharmacy profession

         1. Section 35: Regulation of the profession of pharmacy

   3. Part 3: Miscellaneous

      1. Section 36: Amendments of health service legislation in connection with consolidation

      2. Section 38: Regulations and orders

      3. Section 39: Supplementary and consequential provision etc

      4. Section 40: Wales

      5. Section 41: Financial Provisions

      6. Section 42: Short title, interpretation, commencement and extent

         1. Note on drafting assumptions

5. Commencement

6. Hansard References