PART 11 U.K.Miscellaneous

Duties to co-operateE+W

288Monitor: duty to co-operate with Care Quality CommissionE+W

(1)[F1NHS England] must co-operate with the Care Quality Commission in the exercise of their respective functions.

(2)In particular [F2NHS England] must—

(a)give the Commission any [F3relevant] information [F2NHS England] has about the provision of health care services which [F2NHS England] or the Commission considers would assist the Commission in the exercise of its functions,

(b)make arrangements with the Commission to ensure that—

(i)a person applying both for a licence under Chapter 3 of Part 3 and to be registered under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 may do so by way of a single application form,

(ii)such a person is granted a licence under that Chapter and registration under that Act by way of a single document, and

(c)seek to secure that the conditions included in a licence under that Chapter in a case within paragraph (b) are consistent with any conditions on the person's registration under that Act.

[F4(2A)In subsection (2)(a) “relevant information” means information held by NHS England in connection with—

(a)its regulatory functions, within the meaning given by section 13SB(2) of the National Health Service Act 2006, or

(b)its functions under section 27A of the National Health Service Act 2006 Act (NHS trusts: oversight and support).]

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(4)In subsection (2), references to registration under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 are references to registration under Chapter 2 of Part 1 of that Act.