The National Health Service (Personal Dental Services Agreements) Regulations 2005

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51.—(1) The contractor F1... shall co-operate with—

(a)any investigation of a complaint in relation to any matter reasonably connected with the provision of services under the agreement undertaken by—

(i)[F2the Board]; and

(ii)[F3the Health Service Commissioner]; and

(b)any investigation of a complaint by an NHS body or local authority which relates to a patient or former patient of the contractor.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1)—

“NHS body” means [F4the Board], an NHS trust, an NHS foundation trust, F5... a Local Health Board, a Health Board, a Health and Social Services Board, a Health and Social Services Trust or, a Health Board or Special Health Board constituted under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 M1;

“local authority” means—

(a)

any of the bodies listed in section 1 of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 M2 (local authorities);

(b)

the Council of the Isles of Scilly; or

(c)

a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 M3 (constitution of councils);

[F6“Health Service Commissioner” means the person appointed Health Service Commissioner for England in accordance with section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993.]

(3) The co-operation required by sub-paragraph (1) includes—

(a)answering questions reasonably put to the contractor by [F7the Board];

(b)providing any information relating to the complaint reasonably required by [F8the Board]; and

(c)attending any meeting to consider the complaint (if held at a reasonably accessible place and at a reasonable hour, and due notice has been given) if the contractor's presence at the meeting is reasonably required by [F9the Board].

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

M21970 c. 42; section 1 was amended by the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), section 195; and by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), Schedule 10, paragraph 7.