Section 12 Support and assistance by NHS EnglandI1I2

After section 13Y of the National Health Service Act 2006 insert—

“Assistance and support

Power of NHS England to provide assistance and support

13YA

(1)

NHS England may provide assistance or support to—

(a)

any person providing or proposing to provide services as part of the health service;

(b)

any person, not within paragraph (a), exercising functions in relation to the health service.

(2)

The assistance that may be provided under subsection (1)(a) or (b) includes making available the services of NHS England’s employees or any other resources of NHS England.

(3)

The assistance that may be provided under subsection (1)(a), or that may be provided under subsection (1)(b) to integrated care boards, also includes financial assistance.

(4)

Assistance or support provided under this section may be provided on such terms, including terms as to payment, as NHS England considers appropriate.”