Section 14Z56: Joint capital resource use plan for integrated care board and its partners

National Health Service Act 2006 · 2006 c. 41View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 2: Health service bodies — CHAPTER A3: Integrated care boards

Before the start of each financial year, an integrated care board and its partner NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts must prepare a plan setting out their planned capital resource use.

The plan must relate to such period as may be specified in a direction by the Secretary of State.

The Secretary of State must publish any direction under subsection (2).

The integrated care board and its partner NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts must publish the plan.

The integrated care board and its partner NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts must give a copy of the plan to—

the integrated care partnership for the board's area,
each relevant Health and Wellbeing Board, and
NHS England.

NHS England may give a direction as to the date by which subsection (5) must be complied with.

NHS England may publish guidance about the discharge by an integrated care board and its partner NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts of their functions under this section.

An integrated care board and its partner NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts must have regard to any guidance published under subsection (7).

NHS England may give directions, in relation to a financial year—

specifying descriptions of resources which must, or must not, be treated as capital resources for the purposes of this section;
specifying uses of capital resources which must, or must not, be taken into account for the purposes of this section.

The reference in subsection (1) to the use of capital resources is a reference to its expenditure, consumption or reduction in value.

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