National Health Service Act 2006

[F1 Business plan and report E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 2 Ch. A1 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. 23(1), 306(1)(d)(4); S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(2) (with art. 4); S.I. 2012/2657, art. 2(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

13T Business plan E+W

(1) Before the start of each financial year, [F2 NHS England] must publish a business plan setting out how it proposes to exercise its functions in that year and each of the next two financial years.

(2) The business plan must, in particular, explain how [F2 NHS England] proposes to discharge its duties under—

(a) sections 13E, 13G [F3 , 13L] and 13Q, and

(b) sections 223C to 223E.

(3) The business plan must, in particular, explain how [F2 NHS England] proposes to achieve the objectives, and comply with the requirements, specified in the mandate F4 ....

[F5 (3A) The fact that the mandate is revised during the period to which a business plan relates does not require NHS England to revise the plan.]

(4) [F2 NHS England] may revise the plan.

(5) [F2 NHS England] must publish any revised plan.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Act substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(2); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)

F3 Word in s. 13T(2)(a) inserted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 7(3), 186(6); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)

F4 Words in s. 13T(3) omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 4(4)(a), 186(6); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)

F5 S. 13T(3A) inserted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 4(4)(b), 186(6); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)

13U Annual report E+W

(1) As soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, [F2 NHS England] must publish an annual report on how it has exercised its functions during the year.

(2) The annual report must, in particular, contain an assessment of—

[F6 (a) the extent to which, in that year, it met any objectives or requirements specified in the mandate,]

(b) the extent to which it gave effect to the proposals for that year in its business plan, F7 ...

(c) how effectively it discharged its duties under [F8 or by virtue of—

• section 6E(1A) and (1B);

• section 13E;

• section 13G;

• section 13I;

• [F9 section 13L;]

• section 13Q.]

(d) how effectively it discharged its relevant data functions (as defined by section 253(3) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012)[F10 , and

(e) how effectively it has discharged its education and training functions including, in particular, the extent to which it has during the year achieved the outcomes set by the Secretary of State for the purpose of section 100(2) of the Care Act 2014.]

[F11 (2A) The annual report must include a statement explaining what NHS England has done, during the financial year, to comply with its duties under section 13SB.]

[F12 (2B) The annual report must include—

(a) a statement of the amount of expenditure incurred by NHS England and integrated care boards during the year (taken together) in relation to mental health,

(b) a calculation of the proportion of the expenditure incurred by NHS England and integrated care boards during the year (taken together) that relates to mental health, and

(c) an explanation of the statement and calculation.]

(3) [F2 NHS England] must—

(a) lay the annual report before Parliament, and

(b) once it has done so, send a copy of it to the Secretary of State.

(4) The Secretary of State must, having considered the annual report, set out in a letter to [F2 NHS England] the Secretary of State's assessment of [F2 NHS England’s] performance of its functions in the financial year in question.

(5) The letter must, in particular, contain the Secretary of State's assessment of the matters mentioned in subsection (2)(a) to (c).

(6) The Secretary of State must—

(a) publish the letter to [F2 NHS England], and

(b) lay it before Parliament.]

Textual Amendments

F6 S. 13U(2)(a) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 4(5), 186(6); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)

F7 Word in s. 13U(2)(b) omitted (1.2.2023) by virtue of The Health and Social Care Information Centre (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/98), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 10(3)(a) (with reg. 3)

F8 Words in s. 13U(2)(c) substituted (1.1.2024) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 78(4), 186(6); S.I. 2023/1431, reg. 3(a)

F9 Words in s. 13U(2)(c) inserted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 7(4), 186(6); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)

F10 S. 13U(2)(e) and word inserted (1.4.2023) by The Health Education England (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/368), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 9(9)(b) (with reg. 7)

F11 S. 13U(2A) inserted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 34(3), 186(6); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 19(1)(2), 29, 30)

F12 S. 13U(2B) inserted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 3(3), 186(6); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)