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National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002

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All reference to 'Parts' and 'sections' are from the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002. For other versions of these Explanatory Notes, see More Resources.

  1. Introduction

  2. Summary

  3. The Act

  4. Commentary on Sections

    1. Part 1 – National Health Service, etc.

      1. NHS bodies and their functions: England

        1. Section 1: English Health Authorities: change of name

        2. Section 2: Primary Care Trusts

        3. Section 3: Directions: distribution of functions

        4. Section 4: Personal medical services, personal dental services and local pharmaceutical services

        5. Section 5: Local Representative Committees

      2. NHS bodies and their functions: Wales

        1. Section 6: Local Health Boards

      3. Financial arrangements: England and Wales

        1. Sections 7, 8 and 9: funding of Strategic Health Authorities, Health Authorities, Primary Care Trusts and Local Health Boards

        2. Section 7: Funding of Strategic Health Authorities and Health Authorities

        3. Section 8: Funding of Primary Care Trusts

        4. Section 9: Funding of Local Health Boards

        5. Section 10: Expenditure of NHS bodies

      4. Quality

        1. Section 11: Duty of Quality

        2. Section 12: Further functions of the Commission for Health Improvement

        3. Section 13: Commission for Health Improvement: inspections and investigations

        4. Section 14: Commission for Health Improvement: constitution

      5. Patient and public involvement

        1. Section 15: Establishment of Patients’ Forums

        2. Section 16: Additional functions of PCT Patients’ Forums

        3. Section 17: Entry and Inspection of Premises

        4. Section 18: Annual reports

        5. Section 19 Supplementary

        6. Section 20: The Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health

        7. Section 21: Overview and scrutiny committees

        8. Section 22: Abolition of Community Health Councils in England

        9. Section 23: Joint working with the prison service

        10. Section 24: Health and well-being strategies in Wales

    2. Part 2: Health care professions

      1. The Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals

        1. Sections 25 to 29: The Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals

        2. Section 25: The Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals

        3. Section 26: Powers and duties of the Council: general

        4. Section 27: Regulatory bodies and the Council

        5. Section 28: Complaints about regulatory bodies

        6. Section 29: Reference of disciplinary cases by Council to court

      2. Appeals

        1. Sections 30 to 34: Appeals

        2. Section 30: Medical practitioners

        3. Section 31: Dentists

        4. Section 32: Opticians

        5. Section 33: Osteopaths

        6. Section 34: Chiropractors

      3. The pharmacy profession

        1. Section 35: Regulation of the profession of pharmacy

    3. Part 3: Miscellaneous

      1. Section 36: Amendments of health service legislation in connection with consolidation

      2. Section 38: Regulations and orders

      3. Section 39: Supplementary and consequential provision etc

      4. Section 40: Wales

      5. Section 41: Financial Provisions

      6. Section 42: Short title, interpretation, commencement and extent

        1. Note on drafting assumptions

  5. Commencement

  6. Hansard References

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