Regulation 8 Special interest reports - clinical governance reviews

(1)

If in the course of a clinical governance review a matter comes to the notice of the Commission which it considers should, in the public interest, be brought quickly to the attention of—

(a)

any of the persons or bodies to which paragraph (2) applies; and

(b)

the public,

the Commission shall make the matter the subject of an immediate report in addition to the report to be made at the conclusion of the review.

(2)

The persons and bodies referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a)

the NHS body which is the subject of the review;

(b)

in a case where a Primary Care Trust is the subject of the review, the relevant Strategic Health Authority;

(c)

in a case where an NHS trust is the subject of the review, the relevant Primary Care Trust and the Strategic Health Authority which is, in relation to that Primary Care Trust, the relevant Strategic Health Authority;

(d)

the Secretary of State.

(3)

Copies of any report under paragraph (1) shall be sent to the persons or bodies referred to in paragraph (2) and to any other NHS body or service provider or other person or body exercising statutory functions, to which the Commission considers the report should be copied.