(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order constitutes from 1st January 2003 a Special Health Board for the whole of Scotland to be known as NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (“the Board”).
Article 4 of the Order confers on the Board functions including functions in relation to the quality of healthcare in the National Health Service in Scotland and the evaluation and provision of advice to the National Health Service in Scotland on the clinical and cost effectiveness of health technologies.
As part of its functions the Board will carry out the functions previously carried out by the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland and the Health Technology Board for Scotland, both Special Health Boards, which are dissolved on 2nd January 2003 by article 7.
Article 5 and the Schedule apply to the Board various provisions in enactments which apply to Health Boards in general. These include provisions as to funding, the keeping and auditing of accounts and the appointment and remuneration of Board members and staff. Provisions in certain other Acts of Parliament relevant to Health Boards are also applied as are certain provisions in subordinate legislation.