Part 1 Conferral of Functions etc

SCHEDULE 3 Conferral of Primary Care Functions on Integrated Care Boards etc

Section 22

Part 1 Conferral of Functions etc

Preliminary

1

The National Health Service Act 2006 is amended as follows.

Power to require NHS England to continue to exercise certain primary care functions

2

In section 3B (Secretary of State's power to require NHS England to commission services), in subsection (1)—

(a)     before paragraph (a) insert—

“(za)     primary medical services of a prescribed description;â€;

(b)     after paragraph (a), insert—

“(aa)     primary ophthalmic services of a prescribed description;â€.

Medical services

3

For section 83 and the italic heading before it substitute—

“Meaning of primary medical services
82A Primary medical services for purposes of this Act

(1)     Regulations may provide that services of a prescribed description must, or must not, be regarded as primary medical services for the purposes of this Act.

(2)     Regulations under this section may, in particular, describe services by reference to the manner or circumstances in which they are provided.

Duty of integrated care boards to arrange primary medical services
82B Duty of integrated care boards to arrange primary medical services

(1)     Each integrated

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