PART 1

The health service in England

Arrangements for provision of health services

Power of clinical commissioning groups as to commissioning certain health services
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After section 3 of the National Health Service Act 2006 insert—

Power of clinical commissioning groups to commission certain health services
3A
1
Each clinical commissioning group may arrange for the provision of such services or facilities as it considers appropriate for the purposes of the health service that relate to securing improvement—
a
in the physical and mental health of the persons for whom it has responsibility, or
b
in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness in those persons.
2
A clinical commissioning group may not arrange for the provision of a service or facility under subsection (1) if the Board has a duty to arrange for its provision by virtue of section 3B or 4.
3
Subsections (1A), (1B) and (1D) of section 3 apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section.