Section 223E: Financial duties of NHS England: additional controls on resource use

National Health Service Act 2006 · 2006 c.41

Part 11: Property and finance — Chapter 6: Finance

The Secretary of State may direct NHS England to ensure—

that relevant capital resource use in a financial year which is attributable to matters specified in the direction does not exceed an amount so specified;
that relevant revenue resource use in a financial year which is attributable to matters specified in the direction does not exceed an amount so specified.

In subsection (1) "relevant capital resource use" and "relevant revenue resource use" means the use of capital resources or (as the case may be) revenue resources by NHS England and integrated care boards.

The Secretary of State may direct NHS England to ensure that NHS England's use of revenue resources in a financial year which is attributable to such matters relating to administration as are specified in the direction does not exceed an amount so specified.

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