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Health and Social Care Act 2012

Section 296 – Arrangements between the NHS Commissioning Board and Scottish Ministers etc.

1512.This section allows the NHS Commissioning Board to make arrangements with the Scottish Ministers or a Scottish health body to commission services for the purposes of the Scottish health service. Examples of health services which Scottish Ministers might ask the NHS Commissioning Board to commission for the Scottish health service are specialised services for rare conditions and high secure psychiatric services.

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