The Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection (Defence Medical Services) Regulations 2008

These Regulations may be cited as the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection (Defence Medical Services) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 2nd June 2008.

In these Regulations—

• “the Armed Services” means the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom;

• “Defence Medical Services” means—

  1. a

     the health care provided by the Armed Services;

  2. b

     the education and training provided by the Armed Services to service and other personnel in connection with the provision of health care including the maintenance of the clinical skills of such personnel; and

  3. c

     any agreement or arrangement made by the Armed Services to enable any service or facility falling within paragraph (a) or (b) to be provided on their behalf;

• “specified civilians” means those civilians identified as being eligible for or entitled to health care by or under—

  1. a

     the Queen’s Regulations for the Royal Navy as amended (1997 consolidated edition)2;

  2. b

     the Army General and Administrative Instruction as amended, Volume 2, Chapter 66, Issue number 1393; or

  3. c

     the Queen’s Regulations for the Royal Air Force as amended (1999 edition)4;

• “health care” means services provided to service personnel or specified civilians for or in connection with the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of illness;

• “illness” includes mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 19835and any injury or disability requiring medical or dental treatment or nursing.

Defence Medical Services are prescribed as a health scheme for the purposes of section 124(1) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003.