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Health and Care Act 2022

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Introduction

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PART 1—Health service in England: integration, collaboration and other changes
PART 2—Health and adult social care: information
PART 3—Secretary of State's powers to transfer or delegate functions
PART 4—The Health Services Safety Investigations Body
- Introductory
- 109Establishment of the HSSIB
- Investigations
- 110Investigation of incidents with safety implications
- 111Deciding which incidents to investigate
- 112Criteria, principles and processes
- Reports
- 113Final reports
- 114Interim reports
- 115Draft reports
- 116Response to reports
- 117Admissibility of reports
- Investigatory powers etc
- 118Powers of entry, inspection and seizure
- 119Powers to require information etc
- 120Voluntary provision of information etc
- 121Offences relating to investigations
- Protection of material held by the HSSIB
- 122Prohibition on disclosure of HSSIB material
- 123Exceptions to prohibition on disclosure
- 124Offences of unlawful disclosure
- 125Restriction of statutory powers requiring disclosure
- Relationship with other bodies
- 126Co-operation
- 127Assistance of NHS bodies
- 128Investigations relating to Wales and Northern Ireland
- Oversight of functions
- 129Failure to exercise functions
- 130Review
- Offences: supplementary
- 131Offences by bodies corporate
- 132Offences by partnerships
- Supplementary
- 133Obligations of confidence etc
- 134Consequential amendments relating to Part 4
- 135Interpretation of Part 4
PART 5—Virginity testing and hymenoplasty offences
PART 6—Miscellaneous
- Pharmaceutical services
- 161Pharmaceutical services: remuneration in respect of vaccines etc
- International healthcare
- 162International healthcare arrangements
- Social care
- 163Regulation of local authority functions relating to adult social care
- 164Default powers of Secretary of State in relation to adult social care
- 165Care Quality Commission’s powers in relation to local authority failings
- 166Cap on care costs for charging purposes
- Social care: regulation and financial assistance
- 167Provision of social care services: financial assistance
- Professional regulation
- 168Regulation of health care and associated professions
- Medical examiners
- 169Medical examiners
- Organ trafficking
- 170Commercial dealings in organs for transplantation: extra-territorial offences
- Human fertilisation and embryology
- 171Storage of gametes and embryos
- Food and drink
- 172Advertising of less healthy food and drink
- 173Hospital food standards
- 174Food information for consumers: power to amend retained EU law
- Fluoridation of water supplies
- 175Fluoridation of water supplies
- 176Fluoridation of water supplies: transitional provision
- Disputes about treatment of critically ill children
- 177Review into disputes relating to treatment of critically ill children
- Termination of pregnancy
- 178Early medical termination of pregnancy
- Child safeguarding: information sharing
- 179Child safeguarding etc in health and care: policy about information sharing
- Cosmetic procedures
- 180Licensing of cosmetic procedures
- Disability and autism training
- 181Mandatory training on learning disability and autism
PART 7—General
SCHEDULE 1—Renaming of NHS Commissioning Board
SCHEDULE 2—Integrated care boards: constitution etc
- 1Before Schedule 4 to the National Health Service Act 2006...
- 2In section 272 of that Act (orders, regulations, rules and...
SCHEDULE 3—Conferral of primary care functions on integrated care boards etc
- PART 1—Conferral of functions etc
- PART 2—Consequential amendments
SCHEDULE 4—Integrated care system: minor and consequential amendments
SCHEDULE 5—Abolition of Monitor and transfer of its functions
SCHEDULE 6—Intervention powers over the reconfiguration of NHS services
SCHEDULE 7—NHS trusts in England and removal of power to appoint trustees: consequential amendments
SCHEDULE 8—Trust special administrators: NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts
- PART 1—Amendments about trust special administrators
- PART 2—Consequential amendments
SCHEDULE 9—References to functions: treatment of delegation arrangements etc
SCHEDULE 10—The NHS payment scheme
SCHEDULE 11—Patient choice: undertakings by integrated care boards
SCHEDULE 12—Removal of functions relating to competition etc
SCHEDULE 13—The Health Services Safety Investigations Body
- PART 1—Constitution
- PART 2—Transfer schemes
  - 22(1) The Secretary of State may, in connection with the...
  - 23(1) The Treasury may by regulations make provision varying the...
SCHEDULE 14—Prohibition on disclosure of HSSIB material: exceptions
SCHEDULE 15—Consequential amendments relating to Part 4
SCHEDULE 16—Virginity testing and hymenoplasty: consequential amendments
SCHEDULE 17—Storage of gametes and embryos
- PART 1—Amendments to Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
- PART 2—Transitional provision
SCHEDULE 18—Advertising of less healthy food and drink
SCHEDULE 19—Licensing of cosmetic procedures

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[28th April 2022]

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