Commentary on Sections Functions Section 19: Information
91.This section sets out requirements for NHS foundation trusts and other health service bodies to provide information in certain circumstances.
92.Under subsection (1), both the Secretary of State and the Independent Regulator are given the power to specify information which an NHS foundation trust is required to disclose. In each case, the provision of the information is included as a term of the NHS foundation trust’s authorisation.
93.Subsection (2) gives the Independent Regulator a power to require other health service bodies – defined in section 40 as being Strategic Health Authorities, Special Health Authorities, NHS trusts, Primary Care Trusts and NHS foundation trusts - to provide any information the Independent Regulator requires for the purposes of its functions.