2023 No. 1163
The Care Quality Commission (Additional Functions) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 59(1) and 161(3) of the Health and Social Care Act 20081.
In accordance with section 59(2) of that Act2, the Secretary of State has consulted NHS England before making these Regulations.
Citation, commencement and extent 1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Care Quality Commission (Additional Functions) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.
2
These Regulations come into force on 28th November 2023.
3
These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
Amendment of the Care Quality Commission (Additional Functions) Regulations 2011 2
1
The Care Quality Commission (Additional Functions) Regulations 20113 are amended as follows.
2
After regulation 4 insert—
Provision of training, guidance and support to bodies and individuals 4A
1
The Commission has the function of providing training, guidance and support to the following in connection with the matters referred to in paragraph (2)—
a
bodies which exercise functions in connection with relevant activities (“relevant bodies”); and
b
individuals employed or appointed, or formerly employed or appointed, by relevant bodies.
2
The matters mentioned in paragraph (1) are the raising or making, by those individuals, of concerns, or suggestions for improvements, including the handling of such concerns or suggestions, in relation to the exercise of functions in connection with relevant activities by relevant bodies by which those individuals are, or were formerly, employed or appointed.
3
In this regulation—
“bodies” means bodies of persons corporate or unincorporated;
“employed” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 2(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 20144;
“relevant activities” means the provision of NHS care or the carrying on of regulated activities involving or connected with the provision of health care.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
(This note is not part of the Regulations)