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The National Health Service (Quality Accounts) Regulations 2010

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 26 Cited in Amendments 7 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2010/279
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Quality Accounts) Regulations 2010 and shall come into force on 1st April 2010.(2) In these Regulations—
  • “the 2006 Act” means the National Health Service Act 2006;
  • “the 2009 Act” means the Health Act 2009;
  • F30“the Board” means the National Health Service Commissioning Board;
    • ...
  • “Health and Social Care Information Centre” means—
    • (a) prior to the commencement of section 252(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (the Health and Social Care Information Centre) , the Health and Social Care Information Centre established by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2005;
    • (b) on or after the date on which section 252(1) of that Act is commenced, the Health and Social Care Information Centre established by that section;
  • F65“integrated care board” means an integrated care board established under Chapter A3 of Part 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006;
  • “relevant document” means a document which must be published under section 8(1) or (3) of the 2009 Act.
“F31relevant health services” does not include the services exempted by regulation 2;in the case of a body listed in section 8(2) of the 2009 Act, they make arrangements for a person not listed in section 8(2) or (3) of that Act to provide those services; andin the case of a person listed in section 8(3) of the 2009 Act, they make arrangements as mentioned in section 2(5) (a) of that Act for another person to provide those services; andin the case of a body listed in section 8(2) of the 2009 Act, any F32relevant health services provided by that body; andin the case of a person listed in section 8(3) of the 2009 Act, any F32relevant health services provided by that person as mentioned in section 2(4) (a) or (b) of the 2009 Act, or which that person assists in providing as mentioned in section 2(4) (b) of that Act.(1) Section 8(1) and (3) of the 2009 Act (duty of provider to publish information) does not apply to F15NHS Continuing Healthcare and primary care services.(2) For the purpose of this regulation—
  • F16“NHS Continuing Healthcare” means a package of care arranged and funded solely by the health service for a person aged 18 or over to meet physical or mental health needs which have arisen as a result of illness;
  • “health service” and “illness” have the meanings given in section 275 of the 2006 Act;
  • “primary care services” means F33relevant health services—
    • (a) provided under a contract, agreement or arrangement made under or by virtue of the following provisions of the 2006 Act—
      • (i) F34section 83(2) (arrangements made by F35the Board 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) ,
      • (avi) F36section 115(4) (arrangements made by the Board for provision of primary ophthalmic 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) ; ...
    • (b) ...
(1) Section 8(1) and (3) of the 2009 Act does not apply to a body or person in respect of a reporting period, where paragraph (2) applies.which on the relevant date employed no more than fifty full time equivalent employees; andwhose total income in relation to the reporting period under all contracts, agreements or arrangements with F39the Board and F66integrated care boards for the provision of F40relevant health services, is not more than £130,000.(3) The number of full time equivalent employees is calculated by dividing the total number of hours worked by all employees on the relevant date by the average standard contracted hours for the employing body or person for that period.for any body or person not providing or subcontracting F41relevant health services on 1st April, the first day in that period the body or person provides or sub-contracts F41relevant health services; orin all other cases 1st April in that period.Part 1, containing a statement summarising the provider's Part 2, containing the information relevant to the quality of F43relevant health services provided or sub-contracted by the provider during the reporting period which is prescribed for the purposes of section 8(1) or (3) of the 2009 Act by F24paragraphs F55(2) , (2A) and (2B) and the information required by regulation 7;Part 3, containing other information relevant to the quality of F44relevant health services provided or sub-contracted by the provider during the reporting period

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