Transitional and saving provision: complaints about clinical commissioning groups
31.—(1) A complaint made under the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993(1) to the Health Service Commissioner for England in relation to a clinical commissioning group, whether made before, on or after 1st July 2022, may be investigated by the Commissioner notwithstanding the abolition of the clinical commissioning group, and the Commissioner must send a copy of the report of the result of the complaint to the successor integrated care board in relation to that clinical commissioning group.
(2) A review or investigation in relation to a clinical commissioning group, whether begun before, on or after 1st July 2022, may be conducted by the Care Quality Commission, notwithstanding the abolition of the clinical commission group, and the Commission must send a copy of the report of the result of the investigation to the successor integrated care board in relation to that clinical commissioning group.
(3) A complaint made under the Local Authority Social Services and National Health Service Complaints (England) Regulations 2009(2) in relation to a clinical commissioning group, whether made before, on or after 1st July 2022, is to be dealt with by the successor integrated care board in relation to that clinical commissioning group notwithstanding the abolition of the clinical commissioning group, and treated as if it were a complaint against that successor integrated care board.