102Advice
(1)HEE must make arrangements for obtaining advice on the exercise of its functions from persons who are involved in, or who HEE thinks otherwise have an interest in, the provision of education and training for health care workers.
(2)HEE must seek to ensure that it receives representations from the following, in particular, under the arrangements it makes under subsection (1)—
(a)persons who provide health services;
(b)persons to whom health services are provided;
(c)carers for persons to whom health services are provided;
(d)health care workers;
(e)bodies which regulate health care workers;
(f)persons who provide, or contribute to the provision of, education and training for health care workers.
(3)HEE may perform a duty under subsection (2) by seeking to ensure that it receives representations from organisations which represent the persons referred to in the paragraph in question.
(4)HEE must advise the Secretary of State on such matters relating to its functions as the Secretary of State may request; and a request under this subsection may specify how and when the advice is to be provided.
(5)“Carer” means an adult who provides or intends to provide care for another person.