Part 1: Health Service in England: Integration, Collaboration and Other Changes NHS England Section 11: Information about inequalities
Section 11 inserts section 13SA into the NHS Act 2006. This requires NHS England to publish a statement describing the powers that certain NHS bodies have to collect, analyse and publish information relating to inequalities in accessing health services and in respect to the outcomes achieved for them by the provision of health services. The statement must also set out NHS England’s view on how those powers should be exercised. The relevant bodies are integrated care boards, English NHS trusts, and NHS foundation trusts. The annual reports for the relevant bodies will need to state how far the functions have been exercised consistently with those views.