Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 17)

PART 10 S Miscellaneous and general

Valid from 01/10/2023

Health boards: duty to have regard to community benefit in non-emergency patient transport contracts S

120 Health boards: duty to have regard to community benefit in non-emergency patient transport contracts S

Before entering into a contract for the provision of non-emergency patient transport services, each health board must have regard to the extent to which the contract will improve the economic, social or environmental wellbeing of the board's area in a way additional to the main purpose of the contract in which the requirement is included.