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Health and Social Care Act 2008 — 2008 Chapter 14
Corporate Author	Department of Health - DH
Publisher	TSO, London, 2008
Pages	208 pp
Source	TSO, PO Box 29, Norwich NR3 1GN. http://www.tsoshop.co.uk
Keywords	National Health Service ; Services ; Inspection ; Social workers ; Medical workers ; Registration eg homes, nursing homes ; Statutes.
Annotation	The Act establishes and makes provision in connection with a Care Quality Commission; and makes provision about health care (including provision about the National Health Service), and about social care reviews and investigations under the Mental Health Act 1983. The Act also establishes and makes provision in connection with an Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator, and other provisions about the regulation of the health care professions. It confers power to modify the regulation of social care workers; and amends the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984. It amends the functions of the Health Protection Agency (HPA). Explanatory notes have been produced to assist in the understanding of this Act, and are available separately. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080908001 B
Classmark	L4: I: 3U: QR: QT: Q3: 6P
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