Part 1: Health Service in England: Integration, Collaboration and Other Changes NHS England Section 7: Duties in respect of research: business plan and annual report etc
This section amends the NHS Act 2006 to make further provisions relating to the research duty of NHS England. This section clarifies that NHS England’s duty to promote research in the exercise of its function includes doing so by facilitating research. Section 40 in the Act similarly amends the wording of the research duty of the Secretary of State. Section 25 creates a corresponding research duty on integrated care boards.
	The section also amends the existing provisions in the NHS Act 2006 for NHS England to publish a business plan and annual report so that they must include an explanation of how NHS England proposes to discharge or has discharged, respectively, its duty to facilitate or otherwise promote research.