The Digital Health and Care Wales (Establishment and Membership) Order 2020

Title, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Digital Health and Care Wales (Establishment and Membership) Order 2020.

(2) This Order comes into force on 30 December 2020.

(3) In this Order—

“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;

“clinical officer” (“swyddog clinigol”) means an officer who is a registered healthcare professional; registered medical practitioner; registered nurse; registered pharmacist; dental practitioner; or optometrist;

“DHCW” (“IGDC”) means Digital Health and Care Wales;

“dental practitioner” (“ymarferydd deintyddol”) means a person registered under the Dentists Act 1984(1);

“digital platforms, systems and services” (“platfformau, systemau a gwasanaethau digidol”) means hardware, software and other arrangements for the digital collection, storage, processing, analysis, use and dissemination of health service data;

“health service data” (“data gwasanaethau iechyd”) means data processed for or in connection with the provision or promotion of services under the Act;

“optometrist” (“optometrydd”) means a person registered in the register of optometrists maintained under section 7 of the Opticians Act 1989(2);

“registered healthcare professional” (“proffesiynolyn gofal iechyd cofrestredig”) means a person registered on the register maintained by the Health and Care Professions Council in accordance with article 5 of the Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001(3);

“registered medical practitioner” (“ymarferydd meddygol cofrestredig”) means a fully registered person within the meaning of the Medical Act 1983(4) who holds a licence to practice under that Act;

“registered nurse” (“nyrs gofrestredig”) means a nurse, midwife or nursing associate registered in the register maintained under article 5 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001(5) by virtue of a qualification which is an approved qualification for the purposes of registration in the relevant part of the register;

“registered pharmacist” (“fferyllydd cofrestredig”) means a person registered as a pharmacist in Part 1 or 4 of the register maintained under article 19 of the Pharmacy Order 2010(6).