National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29)

Part I S Organisation

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 1 applied (7.12.2019) by The Public Health Scotland Order 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/336), art. 1(2), sch. 1 Pt. 1 (with art. 4(4)(5))

[F1 Quality S

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 12H and cross-heading inserted (1.10.1999) by 1999 c. 8, s. 51; S.S.I. 1999/90, art. 2(a), Sch. 1

12H F2 Duty of quality. S

(1) It shall be the duty of each Health Board, Special Health Board and NHS trust and of the Agency to put and keep in place arrangements for the purpose of monitoring and improving the quality of health care which it provides to individuals.

(2) The reference in subsection (1) to health care which a body there mentioned provides to individuals includes health care which the body provides jointly with another person to individuals.

[F3 (2A) Each Health Board must put and keep in place arrangements for the purposes of monitoring and improving the quality of services provided under the 2021 Act which it provides to individuals.

(2B) The reference in subsection (1A) to services under the 2021 Act which a body provides to individuals includes services which the body provides jointly with another person to individuals.]]

F4 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 12H inserted (1.10.1999) by 1999 c. 8, s. 51; S.S.I. 1999/90, art. 2(a), Sch. 1

F3 S. 12H(2A)(2B) inserted (1.4.2022) by The Forensic Medical Services (Modification of Functions of Healthcare Improvement Scotland and Supplementary Provision) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/88), reg. 1, sch. para. 8

F4 S. 12H(3) repealed (1.4.2024) by Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 6), ss. 4(3), 15(2); S.S.I. 2024/20, reg. 2(2)