{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012/section-268",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012/section-268.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2012/7",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Social Care Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012",
  "path": "section/268",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "268",
  "heading": "Database of quality indicators",
  "text": "(1) Regulations may make provision conferring functions on NHS England in connection with the establishment, maintenance and publication of a database of quality indicators in relation to the provision of health services and of adult social care in England.\n(2) The regulations may, in particular, make provision about—\n(a) the persons who may propose a quality indicator for inclusion in the database,\n(b) the giving of advice and guidance by NHS England to such persons in relation to such a proposal,\n(c) the assessment and approval of quality indicators proposed for inclusion in the database by such person as the Secretary of State or NHS England may direct, and\n(d) the inclusion in the database of guidance about how providers may demonstrate performance measured against the quality indicators.\n(3) In this section a “quality indicator” means a factor by reference to which performance in the provision of services or care can be measured.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 268 substituted (1.2.2023) by The Health and Social Care Information Centre (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/98), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 17(21) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 268 substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(2); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 268 in force at 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 268 partly in force; s. 268 in force for specified purposes at Royal Assent, see s. 306(1)(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/section/268",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:58.603352+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}