Assistance and support

13YAPower of NHS England to provide assistance and support

1

NHS England may provide assistance or support to—

a

any person providing or proposing to provide services as part of the health service;

b

any person, not within paragraph (a), exercising functions in relation to the health service.

2

The assistance that may be provided under subsection (1)(a) or (b) includes making available the services of NHS England’s employees or any other resources of NHS England.

3

The assistance that may be provided under subsection (1)(a), or that may be provided under subsection (1)(b) to integrated care boards, also includes financial assistance.

4

Assistance or support provided under this section may be provided on such terms, including terms as to payment, as NHS England considers appropriate.