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

1. Introduction

2. Summary

3. Commentary on Sections

   1. Part 2: Improvement in health services

      1. Section 2 – Quality in the provision of health services

   2. Part 3: Duty of candour

      1. Section 3 – When the duty of candour applies

      2. Section 4 - Duty of candour procedure

      3. Section 5 – Primary care providers: duty to prepare report

      4. Section 6 – Supply and summary of report under section 5

      5. Section 7 – Local Health Board, NHS Trust and Special Health Authority: reporting requirements

      6. Section 8 – Publication of section 6 summary and section 7 report

      7. Section 9 – Confidentiality

      8. Section 10 – Guidance given by the Welsh Ministers

      9. Section 11 – Interpretation of “health care” and other terms

   3. Part 4: The Citizen Voice Body for Health and Social Care

      1. Section 12 - Establishment of Citizen Voice Body

      2. Section 13 – General objective

      3. Section 14 – Public awareness and statement of policy

      4. Section 15 – Representations to public bodies

      5. Section 16 - Advocacy services etc. in respect of complaints about services

      6. Section 17 – Duty to promote awareness of activities of Citizen Voice Body

      7. Section 18 - Duty to supply information to Citizen Voice Body

      8. Section 19 – Code of practice on access to premises

      9. Section 20 – Co-operation between the Body, local authorities and NHS bodies

      10. Section 21 and 22– Meaning of health services, social services and other terms

      11. Section 23 – Abolition of Community Health Councils, and connected matters

   4. Part 5: Miscellaneous and general

      1. Section 24 – Vice-chairs of boards of directors of NHS Trusts

      2. Section 25 – Regulations

      3. Section 26 – Interpretation

      4. Section 27– Minor and consequential amendments

      5. Section 28 – Power to make transitional etc. provision

      6. Section 29 – Coming into force

4. Record of Proceedings in the Senedd