ANNEX A:: OUTLINE OF THE EXISTING LAW RELATING TO THE NHS Part 2 System: family health services Quality
517.Section 18 of the Health Act imposes a “duty of quality” on HAs, PCTs and NHS trusts. Sections 19 to 24 provide for the establishment and operation of the Commission for Health Improvement, which is responsible for monitoring the quality of care for which NHS bodies have responsibility. The Commission is able to conduct a variety of reviews and investigations: see section 20(1). Both of these provisions are amended by the NHS Reform Act.