People for whom integrated care board has responsibility

14Z31People for whom integrated care board has responsibility

1

NHS England must from time to time publish rules for determining the group of people for whom each integrated care board has core responsibility.

2

The rules must ensure that the following are allocated to at least one group—

a

everyone who is provided with NHS primary medical services, and

b

everyone who is usually resident in England and is not provided with NHS primary medical services.

3

Regulations may create exceptions to subsection (2) in relation to people of a prescribed description (which may include a description framed by reference to the primary medical services with which the people are provided).

4

References in this Act to the group of people for whom an integrated care board has core responsibility are to be read in accordance with this section.

5

In this section, “NHS primary medical services” means services provided by a person, other than NHS England or an integrated care board, in pursuance of—

a

a general medical services contract to provide primary medical services of a prescribed description,

b

arrangements under section 83(2) for the provision of primary medical services of a prescribed description, or

c

section 92 arrangements for the provision of primary medical services of a prescribed description.