These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Integrated Care Boards: Responsibilities) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 1st July 2022.

These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

These Regulations apply in relation to England only3.

In these Regulations—

• “after-care services” has the meaning given in section 117(6) of the Mental Health Act 1983;

• “the CCG Regulations 2012” means the National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 20124;

• “ICB” means integrated care board5;

• “mental health services” means services provided to patients in relation to a disorder or disability of the mind;

• “the NHS Act 2006” means the National Health Service Act 2006;

• “patient” means any person who is receiving treatment provided as part of the health service;

• “registered establishment” has the meaning given in section 34(1) of the Mental Health Act 1983;

• “treatment” means an intervention that is intended to manage a person’s disease, condition or injury and includes prevention, examination and diagnosis;

• “urgent treatment centre” means a centre, other than a hospital accident and emergency department, at which urgent medical attention is provided to patients with conditions, other than life threatening conditions, and includes minor injury units and walk-in centres;

• “walk-in centre” means a centre at which information and treatment for minor conditions is provided to the public under arrangements made by an ICB or NHS England6.

For the purposes of these Regulations, a person is discharged from after-care services when, in accordance with section 117(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983 (duty to arrange for the provision of after-care services), the local social services authority and, as the case may be, the ICB or Local Health Board are no longer subject to the duty imposed by that section in respect of the person.