National Health Service Act 2006

[F1 Commissioning plans and reports E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 14P-14Z24 inserted (27.3.2012 for specified purposes, 1.10.2012 for specified purposes, 1.2.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 26, 306(1)(d)(4); S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(2) (with art. 6); S.I. 2012/2657, art. 2(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

14Z11 Commissioning plan E+W

(1) Before the start of each relevant period, a clinical commissioning group must prepare a plan setting out how it proposes to exercise its functions in that period.

(2) In subsection (1), “relevant period”, in relation to a clinical commissioning group, means—

(a) the period which —

(i) begins on such day during the first financial year of the group as the Board may direct, and

(ii) ends at the end of that financial year, and

(b) each subsequent financial year.

(3) The plan must, in particular, explain how the group proposes to discharge its duties under—

(a) sections 14R, 14T and 14Z2, and

(b) sections 223H to 223J.

(4) The clinical commissioning group must publish the plan.

(5) The clinical commissioning group must give a copy of the plan to the Board before the date specified by the Board in a direction.

(6) The clinical commissioning group must give a copy of the plan to each relevant Health and Wellbeing Board.

(7) The Board may publish guidance for clinical commissioning groups on the discharge of their functions by virtue of this section and sections 14Z12 and 14Z13.

(8) A clinical commissioning group must have regard to any guidance published by the Board under subsection (7).

(9) In this Chapter, “relevant Health and Wellbeing Board”, in relation to a clinical commissioning group, means a Health and Wellbeing Board established by a local authority whose area coincides with, or includes the whole or any part of, the area of the group.

14Z12 Revision of commissioning plans E+W

(1) A clinical commissioning group may revise a plan published by it under section 14Z11.

(2) If the clinical commissioning group revises the plan in a way which it considers to be significant—

(a) the group must publish the revised plan, and

(b) subsections (5) and (6) of section 14Z11 apply in relation to the revised plan as they apply in relation to the original plan.

(3) If the clinical commissioning group revises the plan in any other way, the group must—

(a) publish a document setting out the changes it has made to the plan, and

(b) give a copy of the document to the Board and each relevant Health and Wellbeing Board.

14Z13 Consultation about commissioning plans E+W

(1) This section applies where a clinical commissioning group is—

(a) preparing a plan under section 14Z11, or

(b) revising a plan under section 14Z12 in a way which it considers to be significant.

(2) The clinical commissioning group must consult individuals for whom it has responsibility for the purposes of section 3.

(3) The clinical commissioning group must involve each relevant Health and Wellbeing Board in preparing or revising the plan.

(4) The clinical commissioning group must, in particular—

(a) give each relevant Health and Wellbeing Board a draft of the plan or (as the case may be) the plan as revised, and

(b) consult each such Board on whether the draft takes proper account of each joint health and wellbeing strategy published by it which relates to the period (or any part of the period) to which the plan relates.

(5) Where a Health and Wellbeing Board is consulted under subsection (4)(b), the Health and Wellbeing Board must give the clinical commissioning group its opinion on the matter mentioned in that subsection.

(6) Where a Health and Wellbeing Board is consulted under subsection (4)(b)—

(a) it may also give the Board its opinion on the matter mentioned in that subsection, and

(b) if it does so, it must give the clinical commissioning group a copy of its opinion.

(7) If a clinical commissioning group revises or further revises a draft after it has been given to each relevant Health and Wellbeing Board under subsection (4), subsections (4) to (6) apply in relation to the revised draft as they apply in relation to the original draft.

(8) A clinical commissioning group must include in a plan published under section 14Z11(4) or 14Z12(2)—

(a) a summary of the views expressed by individuals consulted under subsection (2),

(b) an explanation of how the group took account of those views, and

(c) a statement of the final opinion of each relevant Health and Wellbeing Board consulted in relation to the plan under subsection (4).

(9) In this section, “joint health and wellbeing strategy” means a strategy under section 116A of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 which is prepared and published by a Health and Wellbeing Board by virtue of section 196 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

14Z14 Opinion of Health and Wellbeing Boards on commissioning plans E+W

(1) A relevant Health and Wellbeing Board—

(a) may give the Board its opinion on whether a plan published by a clinical commissioning group under section 14Z11(4) or 14Z12(2) takes proper account of each joint health and wellbeing strategy published by the Health and Wellbeing Board which relates to the period (or any part of the period) to which the plan relates, and

(b) if it does so, must give the clinical commissioning group a copy of its opinion.

(2) In this section, “joint health and wellbeing strategy” has the same meaning as in section 14Z13.

14Z15 Reports by clinical commissioning groups E+W

(1) In each financial year other than its first financial year, a clinical commissioning group must prepare a report (an “annual report”) on how it has discharged its functions in the previous financial year.

(2) An annual report must, in particular—

(a) explain how the clinical commissioning group has discharged its duties under sections 14R, 14T and 14Z2, and

(b) review the extent to which the group has contributed to the delivery of any joint health and wellbeing strategy to which it was required to have regard under section 116B(1)(b) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.

(3) In preparing the review required by subsection (2)(b), the clinical commissioning group must consult each relevant Health and Wellbeing Board.

(4) The Board may give directions to clinical commissioning groups as to the form and content of an annual report.

(5) A clinical commissioning group must give a copy of its annual report to the Board before the date specified by the Board in a direction.

(6) A clinical commissioning group must—

(a) publish its annual report, and

(b) hold a meeting for the purpose of presenting the report to members of the public.]