Part 2

Health service bodies
CHAPTER A1

The National Health Service Commissioning Board

Functions in relation to information

Information on safety of services provided by the health service
13R
1
The Board must establish and operate systems for collecting and analysing information relating to the safety of the services provided by the health service.
2
The Board must make information collected by virtue of subsection (1), and any other information obtained by analysing it, available to such persons as the Board considers appropriate.
3
The Board may impose charges, calculated on such basis as it considers appropriate, in respect of information made available by it under subsection (2).
4
The Board must give advice and guidance, to such persons as it considers appropriate, for the purpose of maintaining and improving the safety of the services provided by the health service.
5
The Board must monitor the effectiveness of the advice and guidance given by it under subsection (4).
6
A clinical commissioning group must have regard to any advice or guidance given to it under subsection (4).
7
The Board may arrange for any other person (including another
NHS
body) to exercise any of the Board's functions under this section.
8
Arrangements made under subsection (7) do not affect the liability of the Board for the exercise of any of its functions.

Guidance in relation to processing of information
13S
1
The Board must publish guidance for registered persons on the practice to be followed by them in relation to the processing of—
a
patient information, and
b
any other information obtained or generated in the course of the provision of the health service.
2
Registered persons who carry on an activity which involves, or is connected with, the provision of health care must have regard to any guidance published under this section.
3
In this section, “
patient information
”, “
processing
” and “
registered person
” have the same meaning as in section 20A of the Health and Social Care Act 2008.
Pt. 2 Ch. A1 inserted (27.3.2012 for specified purposes, 1.10.2012 for specified purposes, 1.2.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 23(1), 306(1)(d)(4); S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(2) (with art. 4); S.I. 2012/2657, art. 2(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)