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A local authority must provide for the medical inspection at appropriate intervals of pupils in attendance at schools maintained by the local authority and for the medical treatment of such pupils.
National Health Service Act 2006 SCHEDULE 1 — Further provision about the Secretary of State and services under this Act
Medical inspection of pupils
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(1) A local authority may ... provide for any medical inspection or treatment of— (a) senior pupils in attendance at any educational establishment, other than a school, which is maintained by the authority and at which full-time further education is provided, or (b) any child or young person who, in pursuance of section 19 or 19A or 319 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) or section 53 of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 , is receiving primary or secondary education otherwise than at a school. (2) A local authority may, by arrangement with the proprietor of any educational establishment in its area which is not maintained by the local authority , provide for any medical inspection or treatment of junior or senior pupils in attendance at the establishment. (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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An arrangement under paragraph 2(2) may provide for payments by the proprietor in question.
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A local authority may not provide for any medical inspection or treatment under paragraph 2(1)(a) unless the governing body of the educational establishment agrees to the inspection or (as the case may be) treatment .
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(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies to— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) each governing body of a foundation, voluntary or foundation special school, in respect of the school. (2) The ... governing body must make available to a local authority such accommodation as is appropriate for the purpose of assisting it to make provision under paragraph 1 in relation to the pupils in attendance at the schools or school in question.
6
In paragraphs 1 to 5 any expression to which a meaning is given for the purposes of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) or the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31) has that meaning.
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Any charge made under regulations under this Act in respect of the supply of drugs, medicines or appliances must be disregarded for the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2.
Weighing and measuring of children
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(1) A local authority may ... provide for the weighing and measuring of junior pupils in attendance at any school which is maintained by the authority. (2) A local authority may, by arrangement with the proprietor of any school in its area which is not maintained by the local authority , provide for the weighing and measuring of junior pupils in attendance at that school. (3) A local authority may, by arrangement with any person who is registered under Chapter 2 of Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006 in respect of early years provision, provide for the weighing and measuring of young children for whom childcare is provided by that person. (4) In sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) any expression to which a meaning is given for the purposes of the Education Act 1996 or the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 has the same meaning as in that Act; and in sub-paragraph (3) any expression to which a meaning is given for the purposes of Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006 has the same meaning as in that Part.
7B
(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations— (a) authorise the disclosure by any person with whom arrangements under paragraph 7A are made, to any person carrying out the weighing or measuring, of prescribed information relating to the children concerned, (b) require any weighing and measuring provided for by a local authority under paragraph 7A to be carried out in a prescribed manner and after compliance with any prescribed requirements, (c) make provision authorising any resulting information relating to a child, together with any advisory material authorised by or under the regulations, to be communicated in a prescribed manner to a person who is, or is treated by the regulations as being, a parent of the child, and (d) make other provision regulating the processing of information resulting from any weighing or measuring provided for by a local authority under paragraph 7A and of any other prescribed information relating to the children concerned . (2) Regulations made under sub-paragraph (1) may require any person exercising functions in relation to any weighing or measuring to which the regulations apply or in relation to information resulting from such weighing or measuring or in relation to information prescribed under sub-paragraph (1) to have regard to any guidance given from time to time by the Secretary of State. (3) In sub-paragraph (1)(d), “ processing ”, in relation to information, has the same meaning as in Parts 5 to 7 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3(4) and (14) of that Act) . (4) Regulations under this paragraph cannot include provision by virtue of section 272(8)(a) amending or repealing an Act.
Supply of blood and other human tissues
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The Secretary of State must for the purposes of the health service make arrangements for— (a) collecting, screening, analysing, processing and supplying blood or other tissues, (b) preparing blood components and reagents, and (c) facilitating tissue and organ transplantation.
Contraceptive services
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The Secretary of State must arrange, to such extent as he considers necessary to meet all reasonable requirements, for— (a) the giving of advice on contraception, (b) the medical examination of persons seeking advice on contraception, (c) the treatment of such persons, and (d) the supply of contraceptive substances and appliances.
Provision of vehicles for disabled persons
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(1) An integrated care board may make arrangements for the provision of vehicles (including wheelchairs) for people for whom the board has responsibility and who appear to it to have a physical impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. (2) For the purposes of this paragraph an integrated care board has responsibility for— (a) the group of people for whom it has core responsibility (see section 14Z31), and (b) such other people as may be prescribed (whether generally or in relation to a prescribed vehicle).
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(1) Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply in respect of— (a) a vehicle provided in pursuance of arrangements made under paragraph 9, and (b) a vehicle belonging to a person mentioned in that paragraph. (2) The integrated care board may make arrangements for — (a) the adaptation of the vehicle to make it suitable for the circumstances of the person in question, (b) the maintenance and repair of the vehicle, (c) the taking out of insurance policies relating to the vehicle and the payment of any duty with which the vehicle is chargeable under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (c. 22), (d) the provision of a structure in which the vehicle may be kept, and the provision of all material and the execution of all works necessary to erect the structure. (3) An integrated care board may make payments by way of grant towards costs incurred by a person mentioned in paragraph 9 in respect of any matter mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) in relation to the vehicle. (4) The matters are— (a) the taking of action referred to in sub-paragraph (2), (b) the purchase of fuel for the purposes of the vehicle, so far as the cost of the purchase is attributable to duties of excise payable in respect of the fuel, and (c) the taking of instruction in the driving of the vehicle. (5) The powers under sub-paragraph (2) and sub-paragraph (3) may be exercised on such terms and subject to such conditions as the integrated care board may determine.
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Regulations may provide for any incidental or supplementary matter for which it appears to the Secretary of State necessary or expedient to provide in connection with— (a) the taking of action under paragraph 10(2), or (b) the making of any payment under paragraph 10(3).
Provision of a microbiological service by the Secretary of State
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(1) The Secretary of State may— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) carry on such ... activities as in his opinion can conveniently be carried on in conjunction with a microbiological service provided under section 2A . (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) Charges may be made for services or materials supplied. (4) A power under this paragraph may be exercised both for the purposes of the health service and for other purposes.
Powers in relation to research etc.
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(1) The Secretary of State, NHS England or an integrated care board may conduct, commission or assist the conduct of research into— (a) any matters relating to the causation, prevention, diagnosis or treatment of illness, and (b) any such other matters connected with any service provided under this Act as the Secretary of State, NHS England or the integrated care board (as the case may be) considers appropriate. (2) A local authority may conduct, commission or assist the conduct of research for any purpose connected with the exercise of its functions in relation to the health service. (3) The Secretary of State, NHS England , an integrated care board or a local authority may for any purpose connected with the exercise of its functions in relation to the health service— (a) obtain and analyse data or other information; (b) obtain advice from persons with appropriate professional expertise. (4) The power under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) to assist any person to conduct research includes power to do so by providing financial assistance or making the services of any person or other resources available. (5) In this paragraph, “ local authority ” has the same meaning as in section 2B.
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