National Health Service Act 2006

[F1 65H Consultation requirements E+W

(1) The following duties apply during the consultation period.

(2) The trust special administrator must publish a notice stating that the administrator is seeking responses to the draft report and describing how people can give their responses.

(3) A notice under subsection (2) must include details of how responses can be given in writing.

(4) The trust special administrator must hold at least one meeting to seek responses from staff of the trust and from such persons as the trust special administrator may recognise as representing staff of the trust.

(5) The trust special administrator must hold at least one other meeting to seek responses from any person who wishes to attend, after publishing notice of the date, time and place of the meeting.

(6) Notices under subsections (2) and (5) must be published at least once in the first 5 working days of the consultation period.

(7) The trust special administrator must request a written response from—

(a) any Strategic Health Authority in whose area the trust has hospitals, establishments or facilities;

(b) any other person to which the trust provides goods or services under this Act, if required by directions given by the Secretary of State;

(c) any person within subsection (8), if required by directions given by the Secretary of State.

(8) The persons within this subsection are—

(a) an overview and scrutiny committee of any authority to which section 244 applies;

(b) a committee of a local authority operating alternative arrangements under Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 which exercises functions corresponding to those of an overview and scrutiny committee under section 21(2)(f) of that Act;

(c) a joint overview and scrutiny committee;

(d) a committee established under section 247(1);

(e) a person carrying on, in pursuance of arrangements made by any local authority under subsection (1) of section 221 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, activities specified in subsection (2) of that section (local involvement networks);

(f) the member of Parliament for any constituency.

(9) The trust special administrator must hold at least one meeting to seek responses from representatives of each of the persons from whom the administrator must request a written response under subsection (7)(a) or (b).

(10) The Secretary of State may direct an administrator to—

(a) request a written response from any person;

(b) hold a meeting to seek a response from any person.

(11) In subsection (4) “staff of the trust” means persons employed by the trust or otherwise working for the trust (whether as or on behalf of a contractor, as a volunteer or otherwise).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 2 Ch. 5A inserted (15.2.2010) by Health Act 2009 (c. 21), ss. 16, 40(1); S.I. 2010/30, art. 3(a)