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(1)The CHAI has the general function of encouraging improvement in the provision of health care by and for NHS bodies.

(2)In exercising its functions under subsection (1) and sections 49 to 56 in relation to such provision, the CHAI shall be concerned in particular with—

(a)the availability of, and access to, the health care;

(b)the quality and effectiveness of the health care;

(c)the economy and efficiency of the provision of the health care;

(d)the availability and quality of information provided to the public about the health care;

(e)the need to safeguard and promote the rights and welfare of children; and

(f)the effectiveness of measures taken for the purpose of paragraph (e) by the body in question and any person who provides, or is to provide, health care for that body.

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