2BDuty to encourage public involvement

1

It is the duty of every body to which this section applies to take action with a view to securing, as respects health services for which it is responsible, that persons to whom those services are being or may be provided are involved in, and consulted on—

a

the planning and development, and

b

decisions to be made by the body significantly affecting the operation,

of those services.

2

This section applies to—

a

Health Boards,

b

Special Health Boards, and

c

the Agency.

3

For the purposes of subsection (1) a body is responsible for health services if they are health services—

a

which it is the function of the body to provide, or secure the provision of, and

b

which are provided, or to be provided, to individuals by—

i

the body, or

ii

another person on the body’s behalf, at the body’s direction or in accordance with an agreement made by the body with that other person.