F2NHS England must establish and operate systems for collecting and analysing information relating to the safety of the services provided by the health service.

F2NHS England must make information collected by virtue of subsection (1), and any other information obtained by analysing it, available to such persons as F2NHS England considers appropriate.

F2NHS England may impose charges, calculated on such basis as it considers appropriate, in respect of information made available by it under subsection (2).

F2NHS England 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.

F2NHS England must monitor the effectiveness of the advice and guidance given by it under subsection (4).

F3An integrated care board must have regard to any advice or guidance given to it under subsection (4).

F2NHS England may arrange for any other person (including another NHS body) to exercise any of F2NHS England’s functions under this section.

Arrangements made under subsection (7) do not affect the liability of F2NHS England for the exercise of any of its functions.