The National Health Service (Quality Accounts) Amendment Regulations 2012

Amendment of regulation 2 of the Quality Accounts Regulations

3.—(1) Regulation 2 of the Quality Accounts Regulations (exemption for NHS Continuing Healthcare and primary care services) is amended as follows.

(2) In the definition of “primary care services” in paragraph (2)—

(a) for “NHS services” substitute “relevant health services”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (a)(i)—

(i) for “section 83(2)(b)” substitute “section 83(2)”, and

(ii) for “PCTs” substitute “the Board”;

(c) after sub-paragraph (a)(v) insert—

“(avi) section 115(4) (arrangements made by the Board for provision of primary ophthalmic services),”;

(d) omit the “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (a)(ix); and

(e) omit sub-paragraph (b).