Section 180 Independent advocacy services for complaints about privately arranged or funded palliative careI1

(1)

Section 187 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (independent advocacy services) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (2)—

(a)

in paragraph (a) for “or independent provider” substitute “ , independent provider or independent palliative care provider ”,

(b)

in paragraph (c) omit the words “or the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales”, and

(c)

after paragraph (c) insert—

“(ca)
a complaint to the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales which relates to a health service body or independent palliative care provider,”.

(3)

In subsection (3) insert in the appropriate place—

““independent palliative care provider” means a person who is an independent palliative care provider (within the meaning given by section 34T of the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005),”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 180 in force at 1.11.2014 by S.I. 2014/2718, art. 2(c)