PART 9

Health and adult social care services: information
CHAPTER 2

The Health and Social Care Information Centre

Functions: other

Database of quality indicators
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1
Regulations may make provision conferring functions on the Information Centre in connection with the establishment, maintenance and publication of a database of quality indicators in relation to the provision of health services and of adult social care in England.
2
The regulations may, in particular, make provision about—
a
the persons who may propose a quality indicator for inclusion in the database,
b
the giving of advice and guidance by the Information Centre to such persons in relation to such a proposal,
c
the assessment and approval of quality indicators proposed for inclusion in the database by such person as the Secretary of State or the Board may direct, and
d
the inclusion in the database of guidance about how providers may demonstrate performance measured against the quality indicators.
3
In this section a “quality indicator” means a factor by reference to which performance in the provision of services or care can be measured.