Health and Social Care Act 2008

5 Statement on user involvement E+W

(1) The Commission must publish a statement describing how it proposes to—

(a) promote awareness among service users and carers of its functions,

(b) promote and engage in discussion with service users and carers about the provision of health and social care services and about the way in which the Commission exercises its functions,

(c) ensure that proper regard is had to the views expressed by service users and carers, and

(d) arrange for any of its functions to be exercised by, or with the assistance of, service users and carers.

(2) The Commission may from time to time revise the statement and must publish any revised statement.

(3) Before publishing the statement (or revised statement) the Commission must consult such persons as it considers appropriate.

(4) In this section—

(a) “service users” means people who use health or social care services, and

(b) “carers” means people who care for service users as relatives or friends.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 5 in force at 1.10.2008 by S.I. 2008/2497, art. 2(d)