Part 1Promotion and provision of the health service in England
F2Provision of particular servicesF2Arrangements for the provision of certain health services
4High security psychiatric services
1
F1The Secretary of State's duty under section 1 includes a duty to provideF1The Board must arrange for the provision of hospital accommodation and services for persons who—
a
are liable to be detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20), and
b
in the opinion of the Secretary of State require treatment under conditions of high security on account of their dangerous, violent or criminal propensities.
2
The hospital accommodation and services mentioned in subsection (1) are referred to in this section and paragraph 15 of Schedule 4 (NHS trusts) as “high security psychiatric services”.
3
High security psychiatric services may be provided F4—
a
only at hospital premises at which services are provided only for the persons mentioned in subsection (1)F3, and
b
only by a person approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this subsection.
F53A
The Secretary of State may—
a
give directions to a person who provides high security psychiatric services about the provision by that person of those services;
b
give directions to the Board about the exercise of its functions in relation to high security psychiatric services.
4
“Hospital premises” means—
a
a hospital, or
b
any part of a hospital which is treated as a separate unit.
S. 3 cross-heading substituted (27.3.2012 for specified purposes) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 13(7), 306(1)(d)(4)