2014 No. 100

National Health Service

The National Health Service (Functions of the Common Services Agency) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2014

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 10(3) and (4) and 105(6) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19781 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 10(4) of that Act they have consulted with Health Boards, Special Health Boards and other interests as appear to them to be concerned.

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the National Health Service (Functions of the Common Services Agency) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2014 and comes into force on 19th May 2014.

Amendment of the National Health Service (Functions of the Common Services Agency) (Scotland) Order 20082

In article 2 of the National Health Service (Functions of the Common Services Agency) (Scotland) Order 20082—

a

in paragraph (d) after “services” insert “, including the national procurement of clinical services,”;

b

in paragraph (e) omit “to make arrangements with medical practitioners for the vaccination or immunisation of persons against yellow fever, either by medical practitioners or by persons acting under their control”;

c

in paragraph (f) omit “other than where the Health Protection Agency is exercising functions under the Health Protection Agency (Scottish Health Functions) Order 2006”;

d

in paragraph (g) omit “to provide supplies of human blood for the purposes of carrying out blood transfusion, or provide material which has come from a human body and consists of, or includes, human cells, and provide related services for the purpose of or in the course of, providing any service in relation to the health service”;

e

after paragraph (l) insert—

la

exercise the power of the Scottish Ministers under section 47 of the Act;

f

in paragraph (m)—

i

after “Agency” insert “, HIS, Health Boards and Special Health Boards”; and

ii

omit the final “and”; and

g

at the end of paragraph (n) insert—

; and

o

exercise the functions of the Scottish Ministers under section 84B of the Act (power to form companies etc)3.

ALEX NEILA member of the Scottish GovernmentSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the National Health Service (Functions of the Common Services Agency) (Scotland) Order 2008 (“the principal Order”), which specified the functions to be undertaken by the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service (“the Agency”). The Agency is constituted by section 10(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.

Articles 2(a), (b) and (d) to (h) set out amendments to the functions of the Agency set out in article 1 of the principal Order. The effect of the amendments is to clarify that the Agency has the function of the national commissioning of clinical services, and has the following functions: the making of arrangements for immunisation against all diseases; the provision of human blood, cells and tissues, which were acquired for the purpose of health service but not required for those services, to other persons; the conducting of, or the provision of facilities and funding for, teaching, training and research related to the health service; functions relating to property and power to form, or participants in forming, companies.

Article 2(c) amends the principal Order to reflect the dissolution of the Health Protection Agency. The Health Protection Agency formerly exercised certain functions in Scotland, and the principal Order provided that the Agency’s functions did not include certain functions to the extent that they were exercised by the Health Protection Agency. The amendment removes this provision.