The National Health Service (Quality Accounts) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020

Amendment of the National Health Service (Quality Accounts) Regulations 2010

2.—(1) The National Health Service (Quality Accounts) Regulations 2010(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 8 (document assurance by the Board or the relevant clinical commissioning group), after paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A) But if the draft relevant document is for the reporting period ending with 31st March 2020 the provider may provide a copy of it as required by paragraph (1) or (2) later than 30 days beginning with 1st April following the end of the reporting period.”.

(3) In regulation 9 (document assurance by appropriate Local Healthwatch organisation) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) But if the draft relevant document is for the reporting period ending on 31st March 2020 the provider may provide a copy of it to the appropriate Local Healthwatch organisation later than 30 days beginning with 1st April following the end of the reporting period.”.

(4) In regulation 10 (document assurance by appropriate Overview and Scrutiny Committee) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) But if the draft relevant document is for the reporting period ending on 31st March 2020 the provider may provide a copy of it to the appropriate Overview and Scrutiny Committee later than 30 days beginning with 1st April following the end of the reporting period.”.

(5) In regulation 11 (publication and provision of copies)—

(a) the existing text becomes paragraph (1), and

(b) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(2) But if the relevant document is for the reporting period ending on 31st March 2020 the provider may take the action described in paragraph (1) later than 30th June following the end of the reporting period.”.

(1)

S.I. 2010/279, regulations 8 and 9 were substituted by S.I. 2012/3081; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant