Part 1 E+W Promotion and provision of the health service in England

General power to provide services E+W

2 Secretary of State's general power E+W

(1) The Secretary of State may—

(a) provide such services as he considers appropriate for the purpose of discharging any duty imposed on him by this Act, and

(b) do anything else which is calculated to facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to, the discharge of such a duty.

(2) Subsection (1) does not affect—

(a) the Secretary of State's powers apart from this section,

(b) Chapter 1 of Part 7 (pharmaceutical services).