Part IS Organisation

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

[F1StaffingS

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 12IA-12IO and cross-heading inserted (15.5.2023 for specified purposes, 6.2.2024 for specified purposes, 1.4.2024 for specified purposes) by Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 6), ss. 4(2), 15(2); S.S.I. 2023/131, reg. 2, sch.; S.S.I. 2024/20, reg. 2(1)(2)

12IHDuty to ensure adequate time given to clinical leadersS

In complying with the duty imposed by section 12IA, every Health Board and the Agency must ensure that all individuals with lead clinical professional responsibility for a team of staff receive sufficient time and resources to discharge that responsibility and their other professional duties, including, in particular, time—

(a)to supervise the meeting of the clinical needs of the patients in their care,

(b)to manage, and support the development of, the staff for whom they are responsible, and

(c)to lead the delivery of safe, high-quality and person-centred health care.]