National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29)

Part I U.K. Organisation

[F1 Quality] S

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 12H and cross-heading inserted (1.10.1999) by 1999 c. 8, s. 51; S.S.I. 1999/90, art. 2(a), Sch. 1

[F1 12H F2 Duty of quality. S

(1) It shall be the duty of each Health Board, Special Health Board and NHS trust and of the Agency to put and keep in place arrangements for the purpose of monitoring and improving the quality of health care which it provides to individuals.

(2) The reference in subsection (1) to health care which a body there mentioned provides to individuals includes health care which the body provides jointly with another person to individuals.

(3) In this section “health care” means services for or in connection with the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of illness.]

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 12H inserted (1.10.1999) by 1999 c. 8, s. 51; S.S.I. 1999/90, art. 2(a), Sch. 1