The National Health Service (Quality Accounts) Regulations 2010

Exemption for community health services and primary care services

2.—(1) Section 8(1) and (3) of the 2009 Act (duty of provider to publish information) does not apply to community health services and primary care services.

(2) For the purpose of this regulation—

“community health services” means any services which the Secretary of State may provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) (Secretary of State’s duty as to provision of certain services) of, or paragraph 2 or 7A(1) of Schedule 1 (further provision about the Secretary of State and services etc.) to, the 2006 Act and any service which he has a duty to provide under paragraph 1 or 8 of that Schedule;

“primary care services” means NHS services—

(a)

provided under a contract, agreement or arrangement made under or by virtue of the following provisions of the 2006 Act—

(i)

section 83(2)(b) (arrangements made by PCTs for provision of primary medical services),

(ii)

section 84(1) (general medical services contracts),

(iii)

section 92 (other arrangements for the provision of primary medical services),

(iv)

section 100(1) (general dental services contracts),

(v)

section 107(1) (other arrangements for the provision of primary dental services),

(vi)

section 117(1) (general ophthalmic services contracts),

(vii)

section 126(1) (pharmaceutical services),

(viii)

section 127(1) (additional pharmaceutical services), or

(ix)

Schedule 12 (local pharmaceutical services schemes); or

(b)

provided by a Primary Care Trust pursuant to section 83(2)(a) (primary medical services), 99(2) (primary dental services) or 115(4)(a) (primary ophthalmic services) of the 2006 Act.

(1)

Paragraph 7A was inserted by section 143 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14).