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Part 1 Promotion and provision of the health service in England
Role of integrated care boards in the health service in England
CHAPTER A3 Integrated care boards
Establishment of integrated care boards (including by re-purposing clinical commissioning groups)
General duties of integrated care boards
NHS England’s functions in relation to integrated care boards
Chapter 5 NHS foundation trusts
Chapter 5A Trust special administrators: NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts
Chapter 5B Trust special administrators: Primary Care Trusts
Part 3 Local authorities and the NHS
73B.Exercise of public health functions of local authorities: further provision
73C.Complaints about exercise of public health functions by local authorities
79.Further provision about directions and directed partnership arrangements
80.Supply of goods and services by the Secretary of State , NHS England and integrated care boards
Part 7 Pharmaceutical services and local pharmaceutical services
Part 10 Protection of NHS from fraud and other unlawful activities
Chapter 3 Property transferred under the National Health Service Act 1946
223G.Means of meeting expenditure of integrated care boards out of public funds
223GB.Power to impose financial requirements on integrated care boards
223GC.Financial duties of integrated care boards: expenditure limits
223H.Financial duties of clinical commissioning groups: expenditure
223I.Financial duties of clinical commissioning groups: use of resources
223J.Financial duties of clinical commissioning groups: additional controls on resource use
Joint duties of an integrated care board and its partner NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts
SCHEDULES
Further provision about the Secretary of State and services under this Act
Provision of a microbiological service by the Secretary of State
PART 2 Further provision about clinical commissioning groups
22.The things that may be transferred under a property transfer...
23.A property transfer scheme or a staff transfer scheme may...
24.A property transfer scheme may make provision for the shared...
25.A staff transfer scheme may make provision which is the...
26.A property transfer scheme or a staff transfer scheme may...
10.Regulations made under this Schedule may make provision (including provision...
11.A Strategic Health Authority may pay subscriptions, of such amounts...
12.A Strategic Health Authority has power to accept gifts of...
14.The proceedings of a Strategic Health Authority are not invalidated...
15.(1) A Strategic Health Authority may— (a) make available at...
16.(1) Any rights acquired, or liabilities (including liabilities in tort)...
17.Provision may be made by regulations with respect to the...
Financial provision about NHS trusts established under section 25
Special Health Authorities established under section 28
6.Regulations made under this Schedule may make provision (including provision...
7.A Special Health Authority may pay subscriptions, of such amounts...
8.A Special Health Authority has power to accept gifts of...
10.The proceedings of a Special Health Authority are not invalidated...
11.(1) A Special Health Authority may— (a) make available at...
12.(1) Any rights acquired, or liabilities (including liabilities in tort)...
13.Provision may be made by regulations with respect to the...
Constitution of public benefit corporations
7.(1) A public benefit corporation has a council of governors....
8.(1) The following may not become or continue as members...
10B.A public benefit corporation must take steps to secure that...
10C.For the purpose of obtaining information about the corporation's performance...
11.The corporation may pay travelling and other expenses to members...
12.The constitution must provide for the chairman of the corporation...
13.(1) The constitution must provide for meetings of the council...
15.(1) A public benefit corporation has a board of directors....
16.(1) The board consists of— (a) executive directors, one of...
18C.(1) If a director of a public benefit corporation has...
18D.(1) Before holding a meeting, the board of directors must...
18E.(1) The constitution must provide for meetings of the board...
Meeting of council of governors to consider annual accounts and reports
Independent Regulator of NHS foundation Trusts
De-authorised NHS foundation trusts
Audit of accounts of NHS foundation trusts
Intervention powers in relation to the reconfiguration of NHS services
The Family Health Services Appeal Authority
Further provision about the expenditure of Primary Care Trusts
The Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health
Exempt information relating to health services
Part 1 Descriptions of exempt information
1.Information relating to a particular employee, former employee or applicant...
2.Information relating to any particular occupier or former occupier of,...
3.Information relating to any particular applicant for, or recipient or...
4.Information relating to any particular applicant for, or recipient or...
5.The amount of any expenditure proposed to be incurred by...
8.Information relating to any consultations or negotiations, or contemplated consultations...
9.Any instructions to counsel and any opinion of counsel (whether...
10.Information relating to a particular person who was included in...
11.Information relating to a particular person who is, or was...
14.Information relating to any particular employee, former employee, or applicant...
15.Information relating to the physical or mental health of a...
Section 75 arrangements: transfer of staff
Further provision about standing advisory committees
2.The Secretary of State must appoint a secretary to each...
3.Each standing advisory committee may appoint such sub-committees as it...
4.Any such sub-committee may include persons who are not members...
5.Each standing advisory committee must elect one of the members...
5A.But regulations under paragraph 1(b) may make provision about the...
6.Each standing advisory committee has power to regulate its own...
7.The proceedings of a standing advisory committee are not invalidated...
8.The Secretary of State may make such payments in respect...
10.Payments under this Schedule are subject to such conditions as...
Further provision about local social services authorities
Prohibition of sale of medical practices
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