68Children’s needs arising from the health conditions of their parents
(1)This section applies to the provision of specified health services to a child’s parent where the services are provided by, or secured by, a specified National Health Service body.
(2)A specified National Health Service body must make such arrangements as it thinks fit—
(a)for consideration to be given to the effect of any health condition of the parent on the needs of the child and whether that effect may call for the provision of services by a local authority in the exercise of its social services functions;
(b)for referral of appropriate cases to the relevant local authority, subject to any duty owed by the National Health Service body to the child or the parent in respect of the disclosure of information relating to the child or the parent.
(3)In this section—
“health” (“iechyd”) means physical or mental health;
“National Health Service body” (“corff Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol”) means any one of the following—
(a)a Local Health Board;
(b)a National Health Service trust;
“specified” (“penodedig”) means specified by order of the Welsh Ministers.