5.The Act is divided into the following Parts:
	Part 1 gives the Scottish Ministers powers to allow information about people’s health and social care to be shared and to make that information more consistent and better integrated. It also imposes a duty on the Scottish Ministers to use those powers to enable everyone who receives health or social care in Scotland to have a digital care record.
	Part 2 is divided into three Chapters: the first contains modifications to existing laws relating to the provision and regulation of care; the second confers regulation-making powers on the Scottish Ministers; the third confers further duties on the Scottish Ministers in connection with care, principally to monitor and report on certain matters and produce strategies and guidance.
	Part 3 contains provisions usually found at the end of an Act, namely the power to make ancillary regulations, further elaboration in relation to regulation-making powers elsewhere in the Act and the sections dealing with commencement and short title.
Overview of the Act