PART 6Miscellaneous
Disputes about treatment of critically ill children
177Review into disputes relating to treatment of critically ill children
1
The Secretary of State must arrange for the carrying out of a review into the causes of disputes between (on the one hand) persons with parental responsibility for a critically ill child and (on the other) persons responsible for the provision of care or medical treatment for the child as part of the health service in England.
2
The Secretary of State must publish and lay before Parliament a report on the outcome of the review, within one year beginning with the date on which this section comes into force.
3
In this section—
“child” means a person aged under 18;
“health service in England” means the health service continued under section 1(1) of the National health Service Act 2006;
“parental responsibility” has the meaning given by section 3 of the Children Act 1989.