Health and Social Care Act 2012 — United Kingdom law | Esheria

Health and Social Care Act 2012

This provision sets out major NHS duties and powers: the Secretary of State must promote a comprehensive health service, the Board and clinical commissioning groups must arrange services, and local authorities must take steps to improve health.

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Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Instrument
Act or statute
Version
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Language
en
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NHS bodies NHS commissioning NHS funding NHS governance accounts accreditation care regulation clinical commissioning groups co-operation duties commencement commissioning consultation course approval data processing data sharing emergency preparedness enforcement funding funding controls governance governance and reporting guidance health service administration health service commissioning +33 more

Statute overview

About this statute

This provision sets out major NHS duties and powers: the Secretary of State must promote a comprehensive health service, the Board and clinical commissioning groups must arrange services, and local authorities must take steps to improve health. This provision defines some terms and gives the Secretary of State, the Board, and clinical commissioning groups a range of funding, disclosure, reporting, and oversight powers and duties. This provision gives clinical commissioning groups and local authorities several funding, reporting, consultation, and public health administration rules, and gives the Board and Secretary of State certain direction and approval powers. This provision updates NHS and mental health law, including emergency preparedness duties, licensing rules, information sharing, and several replacement or repeal changes. NHS England can set and enforce licence conditions, publish the NHS payment scheme, issue guidance, and use enforcement powers, while licence holders and commissioners must comply with certain rules and guidance.