261 Other dissemination of information

261  Other dissemination of information

(1)     [NHS England] may disseminate (other than by way of publication), to any such persons and in such form and manner and at such times, as it considers appropriate, any information—

(a)     which it obtains by complying with a direction under section 254 or a request under section 255, and

(b)     which falls within subsection (2).

[(1A)     But [NHS England] may do so only if it considers that disseminating the information would be for [purposes connected with]—

(a)     the provision of health care or adult social care, or

(b)     the promotion of health.]

(2)     Information falls within this subsection if—

(a)     the information is required to be published under section 260;

(b)     the information is in a form which identifies any relevant person to whom the information relates or enables the identity of such a relevant person to be ascertained and—

(i)     the relevant person has consented to the dissemination, or

(ii)     [NHS England], after taking into

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