Part 2Health service bodies
Chapter 2NHS trusts
20AF1Duty of NHS trusts to secure quality in health services
1
Each NHS trust must exercise its functions with a view to securing improvement in the quality of health services.
2
For the purposes of this section—
“health services” means any services provided or secured in accordance with this Act;
“quality” includes, but is not limited to, quality in terms of—
- a
the effectiveness of health services,
- b
the safety of health services, and
- c
the experience of individuals to whom health services are provided.
- a
3
Each NHS trust must publish an annual report on the steps it has taken to comply with the duty in subsection (1).
4
The report must include an assessment of the extent of any improvement in outcomes achieved by virtue of those steps.
5
The Welsh Ministers must issue guidance to NHS trusts in relation to the requirements imposed by subsections (1) and (3).
6
The guidance must, in particular, include guidance about—
a
the evidence to be used in support of an assessment required by this section, and
b
the conduct of such an assessment.
7
Each NHS trust must have regard to guidance issued under subsection (5).