Health Services Act 1976
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to make further provision with respect to the use or acquisition by private patients and others of facilities and supplies available under the National Health Service Acts 1946 to 1973 or the National Health Service (Scotland) Acts 1947 to 1973; to control hospital building outside the National Health Service and provide for the amendment of enactments under which registration is a prerequisite for carrying on a nursing home or private hospital; and for those purposes to establish a Health Services Board. |
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| Citation | 1976 c. 83 |
| Territorial extent | [b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 22 November 1976 |
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| Repealed | 1 April 1991 |
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| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
| Text of the Health Services Act 1976 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Health Services Act 1976 (c. 83) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It deals primarily with issues relating to private medicine in the United Kingdom. It established an independent Health Services Board to be responsible for the progressive withdrawal from NHS hospitals of pay beds.[1]
Subsequent developments
[edit]The whole act was repealed by section 66(2) of, and schedule 10 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, which came into force on 1 April 1991.[2]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Royal Commission on the NHS. HMSO. 1979. ISBN 0 10 176150 3. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ↑ "National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1990 c. 19
External links
[edit]- Text of the Health Services Act 1976 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
