PART 1Functions of local authorities and Health Boards

Supplementary

I155Healthcare Improvement Scotland

1

The National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 is amended as follows.

2

In section 10I (Healthcare Improvement Scotland: inspection of services provided under the health service)—

a

for subsection (1), substitute—

1

HIS may inspect any service provided under the health service—

a

in pursuance of its general duty of furthering improvement in the quality of health care in Scotland, or

b

for any of the purposes mentioned in subsection (1B).

b

after subsection (1), insert—

1A

Where a service provided under the health service and social services are provided by virtue of an integration scheme approved under section 7 of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”), HIS may inspect the planning, organisation or co-ordination of those services for any of the purposes mentioned in subsection (1B).

1B

The purposes are—

a

reviewing and evaluating the extent to which the service is complying with the integration delivery principles and contributing to achieving the national health and wellbeing outcomes,

b

reviewing and evaluating the extent to which the planning, organisation or co-ordination of services provided under the health service and social services is complying with the integration delivery principles and contributing to achieving the national health and wellbeing outcomes,

c

reviewing and evaluating the effectiveness of a strategic plan prepared under section 29 of the 2014 Act in complying with the integration delivery principles and contributing to achieving the national health and wellbeing outcomes,

d

encouraging improvement in the extent to which implementation of a strategic plan prepared under section 29 of the 2014 Act complies with the integration delivery principles and contributes to achieving the national health and wellbeing outcomes, and

e

enabling consideration as to the need for any recommendations to be prepared as to any such improvement to be included in the report prepared under section 10N.

c

after subsection (2), insert—

3

In this section—

  • integration delivery principles” has the meaning given by section 31 of the 2014 Act;

  • national health and wellbeing outcomes” has the same meaning as in section 5(1) of the 2014 Act;

  • social services” has the meaning given by section 46 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.

3

In section 10J (inspections of independent health care services)—

a

in subsection (1), after paragraph (b), add—

c

where services provided by an independent health care service and social services are provided in pursuance of an integration scheme approved under section 7 of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”), the planning, organisation or co-ordination of those services.

b

in subsection (2)—

i

for “this section” substitute “ subsection (1)(a) or (b) ”,

ii

after paragraph (e), add—

f

reviewing and evaluating the extent to which the independent health care service is complying with the integration delivery principles and contributing to achieving the national health and wellbeing outcomes,

g

reviewing and evaluating the extent to which the planning, organisation or co-ordination of services provided by an independent health care service and social services is complying with the integration delivery principles and contributing to achieving the national health and wellbeing outcomes,

h

reviewing and evaluating the effectiveness of a strategic plan prepared under section 29 of the 2014 Act in complying with the integration delivery principles and contributing to achieving the national health and wellbeing outcomes,

i

encouraging improvement in the extent to which implementation of a strategic plan prepared under section 29 of the 2014 Act complies with the integration delivery principles and contributes to achieving the national health and wellbeing outcomes, and

j

enabling consideration as to the need for any recommendations to be prepared as to any such improvement to be included in the report prepared under section 10N.

c

after subsection (2), insert—

2A

The purposes of an inspection under subsection (1)(c) may include any of those mentioned in subsection (2)(f) to (j).

d

after subsection (7), add—

8

In this section—

  • integration delivery principles” has the meaning given by section 31 of the 2014 Act;

  • national health and wellbeing outcomes” has the same meaning as in section 5(1) of the 2014 Act;

  • social services” has the meaning given by section 46 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.