UK Statutory Instrument
2012
United Kingdom
The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012
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2 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Plus 1 non-business duty on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
What this Act requires
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Schedules
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The list of persons referred to in regulation 4(1) is...
A person falls within this paragraph if—
(1) A child falls within this paragraph if both of...
A person falls within this paragraph if—
A person falls within this paragraph if—
A child falls within this paragraph if—
(1) A child falls within this paragraph if—
Oral surgery.
Oral microbiology.
Oral and maxillofacial pathology.
Dental and maxillofacial radiology.
Special care dentistry.
Restorative dentistry.
Paedodontic/paediatric dentistry.
Orthodontics.
Oral and maxillofacial surgery.
Endodontics.
Periodontics.
Prosthodontics.
Oral medicine.
Atkinson Secure Children's Home
Beechfield Secure Children's Home
Clare Lodge Secure Children's Home
Kyloe Secure Children's Home
Lansdowne Secure Children's Home
Leverton Secure Children's Home
St. Catherine's Secure Children's Home
Interpretation
Adult specialist endocrinology services.
Severe acute porphyria service.
Severe combined immunodeficiency and related disorders service.
Severe intestinal failure service.
Severe obsessive compulsive disorder and body dysmorphic disorder service.
Small bowel transplantation service.
Specialist adult haematology services.
Specialist burn care services.
Specialist cancer services.
Specialist cancer services for children and young people.
Specialist colorectal surgery services.
Specialist dentistry services for children and young people.
Specialist ear, nose and throat services for children and young...
Specialist endocrinology and diabetes services for children and young people....
Specialist gastroenterology, hepatology and nutritional support services for children and...
Specialist gynaecology services for children and young people.
Specialist haematology services for children and young people.
Specialist haemoglobinopathy services.
Specialist immunology services for adults with deficient immune systems.
Specialist immunology services for children with deficient immune systems.
Specialist maternity care for women diagnosed with abnormally invasive placenta....
Specialist mental health services for deaf adults.
Specialist neonatal care services.
Adult specialist neurosciences services.
Specialist neuroscience services for children and young people.
Specialist ophthalmology services for children and young people.
Specialist orthopaedic surgery services for children and young people.
Specialist paediatric intensive care services.
Specialist paediatric liver disease service.
Specialist perinatal mental health services.
Specialist plastic surgery services for children and young people.
Specialist rehabilitation services for patients with highly complex needs.
Specialist renal services for children and young people.
Specialist respiratory services for children and young people.
Adult specialist ophthalmology services.
Specialist rheumatology services for children and young people.
Specialist services for children and young people with infectious diseases....
Specialist services for complex liver, biliary and pancreatic diseases in...
Specialist services for haemophilia and other related bleeding disorders.
Specialist services for severe personality disorder in adults.
Specialist services to support patients with complex physical disabilities excluding...
Specialist surgery for children and young people.
Specialist urology services for children and young people.
Spinal cord injury services.
Stem cell transplantation service for juvenile idiopathic arthritis and related...
Adult specialist orthopaedic services.
Stickler syndrome diagnostic service.
Surgery for complex obesity in children.
Termination services for expectant mothers with significant comorbidities that require...
Uterine transplantation services.
Vein of Galen malformation service.
Veterans' post traumatic stress disorder programme.
Wolfram syndrome service.
Xeroderma pigmentosum service.
Adult specialist pulmonary hypertension services.
Adult specialist renal services.
Adult specialist services for patients infected with HIV.
Adult specialist vascular services.
Adult thoracic surgery services.
The services
Alkaptonuria service.
Alpha 1 antitrypsin services.
Alström syndrome service.
Ataxia telangiectasia service for children.
Atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome services.
Autoimmune paediatric gut syndromes service.
Autologous intestinal reconstruction service for adults.
Bardet-Biedl syndrome service.
Barth syndrome service.
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome with macroglossia service.
Behcet's syndrome service.
Bladder exstrophy service.
Adult congenital heart disease services.
Blood and marrow transplantation services.
Bone conduction hearing implant services.
Breast radiotherapy injury rehabilitation service.
Child and adolescent mental health services – Tier 4.
Choriocarcinoma service.
Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis service.
Cleft lip and palate services.
Clinical genomic services.
Cochlear implantation services.
Complex childhood osteogenesis imperfecta service.
Complex Ehlers Danlos syndrome service.
Adult highly specialist oesophageal gastric services in the form of...
Adult highly specialist pain management services.
Complex neurofibromatosis type 1 service.
Complex spinal surgery services.
Complex tracheal disease service.
Congenital hyperinsulinism service.
Craniofacial service.
Cryopyrin associated periodic syndrome service.
Cystic fibrosis services.
Diagnostic service for amyloidosis.
Diagnostic service for primary ciliary dyskinesia.
Diagnostic service for rare neuromuscular disorders.
Adult highly specialist respiratory services.
Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis treatment service.
Epidermolysis bullosa service.
Extra corporeal membrane oxygenation service for adults.
Extra corporeal membrane oxygenation service for neonates, infants and children...
Ex-vivo partial nephrectomy service.
Fetal medicine services.
Gender identity development service for children and adolescents.
Gender identity disorder services.
Hand transplantation for adults.
Gonadal tissue cryopreservation services for children and young people at...
Heart and lung transplantation service (including mechanical circulatory support).
Highly specialist adult gynaecological surgery and urinary surgery services for...
Highly specialist adult urological surgery services for men.
Adult highly specialist rheumatology services.
Highly specialist allergy services.
Highly specialist dermatology services.
Highly specialist metabolic disorder services.
Highly specialist pain management services for children and young people....
Highly specialist palliative care services for children and young people....
Highly specialist services for adults with infectious diseases.
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment services.
Insulin-resistant diabetes service.
Islet transplantation service.
Adult secure mental health services.
Liver transplantation service.
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis service.
Lysosomal storage disorder service.
Major trauma services.
McArdle's disease service.
Mental health service for deaf children and adolescents.
Mitochondrial donation service.
Neurofibromatosis type 2 service.
Neuromyelitis optica service.
Neuropsychiatry services.
Adult specialist cardiac services.
Ocular oncology service.
Ophthalmic pathology service.
Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis service for corneal blindness.
Paediatric and perinatal post mortem services.
Paediatric cardiac services.
Paediatric intestinal pseudo-obstructive disorders service.
Pancreas transplantation service.
Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria service.
Positron Emission Tomography – Computed Tomography services.
Primary ciliary dyskinesia management service.
Adult specialist eating disorder services.
Primary malignant bone tumours service.
Proton beam therapy service.
Pseudomyxoma peritonei service.
Psychological medicine inpatient services for severe and complex presentations of...
Pulmonary hypertension service for children.
Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy service.
Radiotherapy services.
Rare mitochondrial disorders service.
Reconstructive surgery service for adolescents with congenital malformation of the...
Retinoblastoma service.
Secure forensic mental health service for young people.
A Member of Parliament, Member of the European Parliament or...
A person who has at any time been removed, or...
(1) An individual who, by arrangement with a CCG, provides...
A person who, within the period of five years immediately...
A person who is subject to a bankruptcy restrictions order...
(1) A person who has been dismissed within the period...
A person whose term of office as the chairman or...
A health care professional or other professional person who has...
A person who is subject to— (a) a disqualification order...
A person who has at any time been removed from...
Qualification of providers: criteria
- Meet qualification criteria for NHS Standard Contract
Duty to make arrangements to diagnose or rule out cancer
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Ensure 75% of urgent cancer referrals are diagnosed or ruled out within 28 days Crown / Minister / Government department
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Citation and commencement
Interpretation
Interpretation of Part 2
Additional persons for whom a CCG has responsibility
Interpretation of Part 3
Dental services
Services for serving members of the armed forces and their families
Infertility treatment: seriously injured serving members and veterans
Infertility treatment: further provision
Services for prisoners and other detainees
Specified services for rare and very rare conditions
Saving and transitional provision in relation to certain services for rare and very rare conditions
Assessment, diagnostic, elective and minor elective care services provided by Independent Sector Treatment Centres
Fixated threat assessment services
Circumstances in which duty may be imposed on another CCG
Circumstances in which duty may be imposed on the Board
Matters to be included in commissioning contracts
Terms and conditions to be drafted by NHS England
Consultation by NHS England
Transitional provision
Interpretation
Duty of relevant bodies: assessment and provision of NHS Continuing Healthcare
Duty of relevant bodies: joint working with social services authorities
NHS England's duty: reviewing decisions
Appointment and term of appointment
Disqualification for appointment
Cessation of disqualification
Termination of appointment
Persons who enter relevant premises or who develop a need for nursing care
Persons in receipt of flat rate payments immediately before the relevant date
Persons in receipt of high band payments immediately before the relevant date
Urgent need
Revocation and transitional provisions
Interpretation
Duties of relevant bodies in relation to personal health budgets
Interpretation
Duty of a relevant body in respect of the funding and commissioning of drugs and other treatments
Duty to give reasons for decisions
Duty to provide written information
Transitional provisions
Interpretation
Duty to ensure persons are offered a choice of health service provider
Services to which the duties as to choice do not apply
Persons to whom the duties as to choice do not apply
Duty to publicise and promote information about choice
Patient choice: primary medical services
Requests for NHS Standard Contract assessment
Modification of existing NHS Standard Contract
Transitional provision
Transitional provision: pre-existing contracts
Transitional provision: enforcement
Interpretation
Duty to meet the maximum waiting times standards
The waiting time period
Application of duty to offer an alternative provider
Duty to offer an alternative provider
Exceptions to the duty
Duty to have regard to guidance
Duty to notify
Duty to offer alternative provider to diagnose or rule out cancer
Advice and assistance
Transitional provision
Scheme for the funding of certain disease modifying therapies for Multiples Sclerosis
Matters relating to administration in revenue resource use by a relevant body
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