Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Act 2020 (asc1)

PART 4 E+W The Citizen Voice Body for Health and Social Care

Valid from 01/04/2023

Making representations E+W

15 Representations to public bodies E+W

(1) The Citizen Voice Body may make representations to a person mentioned in subsection (2) about anything it considers relevant to the provision of a health service or the provision of social services.

(2) The persons are—

(a) a local authority;

(b) an NHS body.

(3) A person to whom representations under subsection (1) are made must have regard to the representations in exercising any function to which the representations relate.

(4) The Welsh Ministers must issue guidance to the persons mentioned in subsection (2), in relation to representations made under this section.

(5) Those persons must have regard to the guidance.