182 Activities relating to local care services
Health and Social Care Act 2012 (2012 c 7) | Legislation

Local Healthwatch organisations

182  Activities relating to local care services

(1)     Section 221 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (health services and social services) is amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (2)—

(a)     in each of paragraphs (a) to (c), before “people” insert “local”, and

(b)     omit the “and” preceding paragraph (d).

(3)     At the end of that paragraph, insert “and to the Healthwatch England committee of the Care Quality Commission.”

(4)     After that paragraph insert—

“(e)     providing advice and information about access to local care services and about choices that may be made with respect to aspects of those services;

(f)     reaching views on the matters mentioned in subsection (3) and making those views known to the Healthwatch England

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