PART 3 E+WServices to be commissioned by the Board

Interpretation of Part 3 E+W

5.  In this Part—

“Armed Forces Compensation Scheme” means the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme 2011 set out in the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011 M1 ;

“community dental services” means dental services provided as part of the health service other than—

(a)

emergency services,

(b)

dental services provided pursuant to arrangements made by the Board under Part 5 of the 2006 Act, or

(c)

the dental services specified in Schedule 2;

“community services” means services provided as part of the health service other than—

(a)

emergency services,

(b)

primary care services,

(c)

secondary care services, or

(d)

the services specified in Schedule 4;

“Defence Medical Services” means medical services provided by—

(a)

the Ministry of Defence including the Surgeon General's organisation,

(b)

other elements of the Joint Forces Command, and

(c)

the three single Service medical organisations M2 ;

“emergency services” means ambulance services and accident and emergency services provided as part of the health service, whether provided at a hospital accident or emergency department, a minor injuries unit, a walk-in centre or elsewhere;

“secondary care services” means services provided as part of the health service in a hospital setting, or by those working in or based in a hospital setting, other than emergency services, primary care services or the services specified in Schedule 4;

“veteran” means any person who has served for at least one day in one of the armed forces or Merchant Navy seafarers and fishermen who have served in a vessel at a time when it was operated to facilitate military operations by the armed forces.

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2011/517.

M2 The three single Service organisations referred to are Royal Navy Medical Services, Army Medical Services and RAF Medical Services.