Part 2Standards
C2Chapter 2NHS health care: introductory
I147Standards set by Assembly
1
The Assembly may prepare and publish statements of standards in relation to the provision of health care by and for Welsh NHS bodies.
2
The Assembly must keep the standards under review and may publish amended statements whenever it considers it appropriate.
3
The Assembly must consult such persons as it considers appropriate—
a
before publishing a statement under this section;
b
before publishing an amended statement under this section which in the opinion of the Assembly effects a substantial change in the standards.
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The standards set out in statements under this section are to be taken into account by F1a Welsh NHS body in discharging a duty under section 12A(1), 20A(1) or 24A(1) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (duties to secure quality in the provision of health services).
Pt. 2 Ch. 2 modified by 2004 c. 17, s. 10(4) (as substituted (1.10.2010) by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Consequential Amendments No.2) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/813), arts. 1(1), 15)