Part 1: Health Service in England: Integration, Collaboration and Other Changes Integrated Care Boards: Functions Schedule 3: Conferral of primary care functions on integrated care boards etc. Primary Medical services
New section 82B of the NHS Act 2006 requires integrated care boards to make the necessary arrangements to secure the provision of primary medical services to meet the reasonable requirements of the persons for whom they are responsible (as defined in section 14Z31 and any other people who may be prescribed in regulations). Regulations under section 82A may set out how primary medical services should be defined for the purposes of this Act. Such regulations would be subject to the negative procedure.
	New section 83 provides a general power for integrated care boards and NHS England to make arrangements for the provision of primary medical services to fulfil their section 82B and section 3B(1) obligations respectively.
	Section 83A stipulates that each integrated care board and NHS England must publish information about such matters as may be prescribed in relation to the primary medical services provided under this Act.
	New section 98A allows the Secretary of State to direct NHS England to exercise any of the Secretary of State’s functions relating to the provision of primary medical services.
	New section 98B allows NHS England to direct an integrated care board about the exercise by it of any of its functions under Part 4 (Medical Services) of NHS Act 2006.