Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011 Explanatory Notes

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