Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 5)

SCHEDULE S Health care principles to be upheld by relevant nhs bodies and relevant service providers

Quality care and treatment S

[F1 7A (1) Regard is to be had to the importance of providing health care in a way that seeks to avoid re-traumatisation and is otherwise trauma-informed. S

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) applies only in relation to the exercise of functions conferred by section 1 of the 2021 Act.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. para. 7A inserted (1.4.2022) by Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 3), ss. 10(2), 20(2) (with s. 3); S.S.I. 2022/24, reg. 2