Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Act 2023

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(1)The Commissioner must—

(a)have a strategic plan, and

(b)make the latest version of the plan publicly available.

(2)A strategic plan is a document setting out, for the period of the plan (as defined in section 5 (2)), the Commissioner’s—

(a)strategy for involving the public, and patients in particular, in the Commissioner’s work,

(b)objectives,

(c)proposals for achieving the objectives,

(d)timetable for doing so,

(e)estimate of the costs for doing so.

(3)The strategy referred to in subsection (2)(a) must, in particular, make provision about how the Commissioner will seek to raise awareness of—

(a)the Commissioner’s role, and

(b)the ways in which the public may communicate with the Commissioner.

(4)A strategic plan may include any other information the Commissioner considers appropriate.

(5)As soon as practicable after making a strategic plan, the Commissioner is to lay a copy of it before the Scottish Parliament.

Commencement Information

I1S. 4 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 24(2)