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Health and Social Care Act 2008

Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence

Section 113: Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence

357.Section 113 changes the name of the CRHP to the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence. As a consequence of the name change, a number of consequential amendments are required to the Health Care Professions Act 2002 and other enactments, which are contained in Schedule 10.

358.The general functions of the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence are set out in section 25 of the Health Care Professions Act 2002. Section 113 inserts a new subsection (2A) into section 25, which provides that the main objective of the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence, in exercising its functions, is to promote the health, safety and well-being of patients and other members of the public.

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