Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43)

Part 4 E+W Dental and medical services

Primary dental and medical services: supplementary E+W

180 Assistance and support E+W

In the 1977 Act, after section 28X (as inserted by section 179 above) insert—

“28Y Assistance and support

(1) A Primary Care Trust or Local Health Board may provide assistance or support to—

(a) any person providing, or proposing to provide primary medical services or primary dental services under a general medical services contract or a general dental services contract;

(b) any person providing, or proposing to provide, such services in accordance with section 28C arrangements.

(2) Assistance or support provided by a Primary Care Trust or Local Health Board under subsection (1) is to be provided on such terms, including terms as to payment, as the Trust or Board thinks fit.

(3) In this section “assistance” includes financial assistance.”

Commencement Information

I1 S. 180 in force at 28.2.2004 for specified purposes for W. by S.I. 2004/480, art. 2(1)(e) (with arts. 6, 7) (as amended by S.I. 2004/1019 and S.I. 2006/345)