Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011

  1. Introduction

  2. Summary of the Act

  3. Commentary on Sections

    1. Section 1: Charter of Patient Rights and Responsibilities

    2. Section 2: Review and revision of Charter

    3. Section 3: Patient rights

    4. Section 4: Patient rights: further provision

    5. Section 5: Duty to uphold the health care principles

    6. Section 6: Health care principles

    7. Section 7: Health care principles: guidance and directions

    8. Section 8: Treatment time guarantee

    9. Section 9: Treatment time guarantee: further provisions

    10. Section 10: Breach of the treatment time guarantee

    11. Section 11: Treatment time guarantee: guidance and directions

    12. Section 12: Treatment time guarantee: suspension

    13. Section 13: Treatment time guarantee: key terms

    14. Section 14: Encouragement of patient feedback etc.

    15. Section 15: Arrangements for handling and responding to patient feedback etc.

    16. Section 16: Repeal of the Hospital Complaints Procedure Act 1985

    17. Section 17: Patient Advice and Support Service: establishment and funding

    18. Section 18: Patient Advice and Support Service

    19. Section 19: Duties to share information

    20. Section 20: Protections and limitations

    21. Section 21: Powers of the Scottish Ministers

    22. Section 22: Payments to or in respect of certain persons infected with hepatitis C as a result of NHS treatment etc.: eligibility

    23. Section 23: Interpretation

    24. Section 24: Ancillary provision

    25. Section 25: Orders, regulations and directions

    26. Section 26: Short title and commencement

    27. Schedule: Health care principles

  4. Parliamentary History