Care Act 2014 (c. 23)

PART 3 U.K. Health

CHAPTER 1 U.K. [F1 The Education and Training Functions of NHS England]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 3 Ch. 1 heading substituted (1.4.2023) by The Health Education England (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/368), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 13(3) (with reg. 7)

National functions E+W

98 Ensuring sufficient skilled health care workers for the health service E+W

(1) [F2 NHS England] must exercise its functions [F3 under this Chapter] with a view to ensuring that a sufficient number of persons with the skills and training to work as health care workers for the purposes of the health service is available to do so throughout England.

(2) Regulations may provide that the duty under subsection (1) may only be performed, or may not be performed, in relation to persons of a specified description.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in s. 98(1) substituted (1.4.2023) by The Health Education England (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/368), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 13(6)(a) (with reg. 7)

F3 Words in s. 98(1) inserted (1.4.2023) by The Health Education England (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/368), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 13(6)(b) (with reg. 7)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 98 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2014/3186, art. 2(b)