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The National Patient Safety Agency (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/1743 · Made 7 May 2001

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

Made 7th May 2001

Laid before Parliament 9th May 2001

Coming into force 2nd July 2001

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 11(1), (2) and (4) of, and paragraph 9(7)(b) of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Act 1977f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1977 c. 49; section 11 was amended by paragraph 31 of Schedule 1 to the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), by Schedule 10 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”) and by paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”); sub-paragraph (7) was inserted in paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 by paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 1 to the 1990 Act and was amended by paragraph 60(b) of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act. The functions of the Secretary of State under these provisions are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2(a) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672, as amended by section 66(5) of the 1999 Act.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
  2. 2Establishment of the Agency
  3. 3Functions of the Agency
  4. 4Constitution of the Agency
  5. 5Remuneration of members
  6. 6Public meetings
  7. Signature
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the National Patient Safety Agency (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 2nd July 2001.

(2)

This Order extends to England only.

(3)

In this Order “the Agency” means the National Patient Safety Agency established by this Order.

2Establishment of the Agency

There is hereby established a Special Health Authority which shall be known as the National Patient Safety Agency.

3Functions of the Agency

Subject to and in accordance with such directions as the Secretary of State may givef1, the Agency shall perform—

(a)

such functions in connection with securing improvements in the quality of care and treatment provided for persons under the health service, and

(b)

such other functions,

as the Secretary of State may direct.

4Constitution of the Agency

The Agency shall consist of—

(a)

a chairman,

(b)

not less than 12 and not more than 15 members who are not officers of the Agency,

(c)

the chief executive of the Agency, and

(d)

one officer of the Agency.

5Remuneration of members

The Agency is hereby specified for the purposes of paragraph 9(7)(b) of Schedule 5 to the National Health Service Act 1977 (definition of “relevant authority” for the purposes of paying remuneration to members of Health Authorities and certain Special Health Authorities).

6Public meetings

The Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960f1 shall apply to the Agency.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

John Denham

Minister of State,

Department of Health

7th May 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the establishment and constitution of a Special Health Authority, to be known as the National Patient Safety Agency (“the Agency”) to exercise such of the Secretary of State’s functions in connection with the implementation and oversight of measures to maintain and improve the safety of patients treated by the National Health Service and such other functions as he may direct it to perform.

Article 2 of the Order establishes the Agency, the functions of which are described in article 3 and are to be specified more particularly in directions given by the Secretary of State. Provision is also made for the constitution of the Agency (article 4), for the remuneration of members of the Agency (article 5 and for the admission of the public to meetings (article 6).