Part 4: The Health Services Safety Investigations Body Relationship with other bodies Section 127: Assistance of NHS bodies
In addition to its core investigatory functions, the HSSIB may disseminate information about best practice in carrying out investigations, developing standards to be adopted in carrying out investigations and providing advice, guidance or training. Where requested to do so, the HSSIB must give assistance to the following NHS bodies relating to the carrying out of investigations into incidents occurring during the provision of NHS services or occurring at premises at which NHS services are provided: NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts, and the NHS England and integrated care boards. The Secretary of State, NHS England or the body itself may request the assistance. If the assistance sought is the provision of advice, guidance or training, the HSSIB would not be bound to provide this assistance if it decided it was impracticable for it to do so.
	The HSSIB may also give assistance to other persons not listed in subsection (2), including independent providers of healthcare services. The HSSIB may only give assistance to such persons where the assistance is connected to a matter related to the carrying out of investigations and they are requested to do so by the person themselves. The HSSIB may only provide assistance in these circumstances where the assistance does not significantly interfere with the HSSIB’s investigation function. The activities which the HSSIB may carry out in order to give this assistance is not restricted to activities carried out in the United Kingdom.
	Except in the case of the listed NHS bodies in England, the HSSIB may charge a fee for sharing its expertise on a commercial basis.