Part 1Promotion and provision of the health service in Wales
Provision of particular services
3Welsh Ministers' duty as to provision of certain services
1
The Welsh Ministers must provide throughout Wales, to such extent as they consider necessary to meet all reasonable requirements—
C1a
hospital accommodation,
C1b
other accommodation for the purpose of any service provided under this Act,
C1c
medical, dental, ophthalmic, nursing and ambulance services,
C1d
such other services or facilities for the care of pregnant women, women who are breastfeeding and young children as they consider are appropriate as part of the health service,
C1e
such other services or facilities for the prevention of illness, the care of persons suffering from illness and the after-care of persons who have suffered from illness as they consider are appropriate as part of the health service,
C1f
such other services or facilities as are required for the diagnosis and treatment of illness.
2
For the purposes of the duty in subsection (1), services provided under—
a
section 41(2) (primary medical services) or 56(2) (primary dental services), or
b
a general medical services contract or a general dental services contract,
must be regarded as provided by the Welsh Ministers.
3
This section does not affect Part 6 and Chapter 1 of Part 7 (ophthalmic and pharmaceutical services).
4C2High security psychiatric services
1
The Welsh Ministers' duty under section 1 includes a duty to provide hospital accommodation and services for persons who—
a
are liable to be detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20), and
b
in the opinion of the Welsh Ministers require treatment under conditions of high security on account of their dangerous, violent or criminal propensities.
2
The hospital accommodation and services mentioned in subsection (1) are referred to in this section and paragraph 15 of Schedule 3 as “high security psychiatric services”.
3
High security psychiatric services may be provided only at hospital premises at which services are provided only for the persons mentioned in subsection (1).
4
“Hospital premises” means—
a
a hospital, or
b
any part of a hospital which is treated as a separate unit.
5C3Other services
Schedule 1 makes further provision about the Welsh Ministers and services under this Act.