PART 2The regulator

Duty to co-operate7.

(1)

M1The persons specified for the purposes of section 53(1)(d) of the Act are—

(a)

public bodies or other persons concerned with —

(i)

the employment (whether or not under a contract of service) of social workers in England F1or elsewhere,

(ii)

the education or training of social workers in England F2or elsewhere or health care professionals,

(iii)

the regulation of, or the co-ordination of the regulation of, health care professionals,

(iv)

the regulation of providers of health services,

(v)

the provision, supervision or management of health or education services,

(vi)

the inspection of education, social services or health care in England,

(vii)

the regulation of social work in England F3or elsewhere, and

(viii)

the provision, supervision or management of the services of persons engaged in social work in England,

F4(b)

NHS England, the body corporate established under section 1H of the National Health Service Act 2006,

(c)

any F5integrated care board established under Chapter A3 of Part 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006 M2,

(d)

any NHS trust established under section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006,

(e)

any NHS foundation trust within the meaning given in section 30 of the National Health Service Act 2006 M3,

(f)

the Care Quality Commission established under section 1(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 M4,

(g)

the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills established under section 112(1) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 M5,

(h)

any local policing body and any chief officer of police, for a police area in England, within the meanings given in section 101(1) of the Police Act 1996 M6,

(i)

the Disclosure and Barring Service, within the meaning given in section 87(1) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 M7.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1), “health care professionals” means persons regulated by a body mentioned in section 25(3) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 other than the regulator M8.