3APower of clinical commissioning groups to commission certain health services

1

Each clinical commissioning group may arrange for the provision of such services or facilities as it considers appropriate for the purposes of the health service that relate to securing improvement—

a

in the physical and mental health of the persons for whom it has responsibility, or

b

in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness in those persons.

2

A clinical commissioning group may not arrange for the provision of a service or facility under subsection (1) if the Board has a duty to arrange for its provision by virtue of section 3B or 4.

3

Subsections (1A), (1B) and (1D) of section 3 apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section.