12.—(1) An NHS trust and an NHS foundation trust, but only in connection with the provision of the following NHS health services—
(a)emergency department and urgent treatment centres,
(b)in-patient treatment.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—
“emergency department and urgent treatment centres” includes—
accident and emergency services provided in a hospital,
services known as urgent treatment centres(1),
any other providers of community and primary urgent care services,
“NHS foundation trust” has the meaning given in section 30 of the National Health Service Act 2006(2),
“NHS health services” means any kind of health services provided as part of the health service continued under, and for the purposes of, section 1(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006(3), and
“NHS trust” means an NHS trust established under section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006.
Urgent treatment centres include, for example, urgent care centres, minor injury units, minor injury services and walk-in centres.
2006 c.41; section 30 was amended by section 159(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7).
Section 1 was substituted by section 1 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.