# The National Health Service (Quality Accounts) Regulations 2010, Regulation 4: Prescribed information, content and form of document

Extent: E+W

(1) A relevant document must consist of 4 parts as follows—
(a) Part 1, containing a statement summarising the provider's view of the quality of relevant health services provided or sub-contracted by the provider during the reporting period and the statement referred to in regulation 6;
(b) Part 2, containing the information relevant to the quality of relevant health services provided or sub-contracted by the provider during the reporting period which is prescribed for the purposes of section 8(1) or (3) of the 2009 Act by paragraphs (2), (2A) and (2B) and the information required by regulation 7;
(c) Part 3, containing other information relevant to the quality of relevant health services provided or sub-contracted by the provider during the reporting period which is included in the document by the provider; and
(d) an annex containing the statements or copies of the statements referred to in regulation 5.
(2) The information prescribed for the purposes of section 8(1) or (3) of the 2009 Act is the information specified in items 1 to 11 ... of the table in the Schedule as presented in the way specified in column 2 of those items in that table.
(2A) In relation to the bodies listed in subsection (2)(b) and (d) of section 8 of the 2009 Act who are under the duty in section 8(1) of that Act, the information specified in column 1 of items 12 to 26 of the table in the Schedule as presented in the way specified in column 2 of those items in that table is prescribed information for the purposes of those bodies carrying out that duty.
(2B) The information prescribed for the purposes of section 8(1) ... of the 2009 Act includes the information specified in items 27.1 to 27.9 of the table in the Schedule, presented in the way specified for those items in column 2 of that table, for—
(a) National Health Service trusts specified in section 8(2)(b) of the 2009 Act; and
(b) NHS foundation trusts.
(2C) Paragraph (2B) does not apply in relation to any ambulance trust.
(2D) The quarterly information required in items 27.1 to 27.3 of the table in the Schedule may be taken from quarterly information published by providers in response to national guidance.
(3) The annex referred to in paragraph (1)(d) is not required in a draft relevant document supplied under regulations 8 to 10

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/279/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-quality-accounts-regulations-2010/regulation-4
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