Amendment to the named programmes Directions 2016

Directions given by the Secretary of State for Health to amend the original Directions requiring NHS Digital to establish and operate informatics systems for the collection or analysis of information, and to exercise systems delivery functions in respect of the Electronic Prescription Service, the Health and Social Care Network, NHS Choices, N3, the NHS E-Referral Service, the Secondary Uses Service and Spine 2.

Purpose

These directions are an amendments to the original Informatics systems for the collection or analysis of information Directions 2016 dated 2017.

Legal basis

Sections 254(1) and (6), 260(1) and (2)(d), 261(1) and (2)(e), 274(2), 304(9) and (10), (12) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, and Regulation 32 of the National Institute for Health and Social Care Excellence (Constitution and Functions) and the Health and Social Care Information Centre (Functions) Regulations 2013.

The Directions came into force on 16 November 2021.

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Amendment to the Electronic Prescription Service, Health and Social Care Network, NHS Choices, N3, NHS e-Referral Service, Secondary Uses Service, Spine 2 (named programmes) Directions 2016

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Informatics systems for the collection or analysis of information Directions 2016

Directions given by the Secretary of State for Health to establish and operate informatics systems for the collection or analysis of information, and to exercise systems delivery functions in respect of the Electronic Prescription Service, the Health and Social Care Network, NHS Choices, N3, the NHS E-Referral Service, the Secondary Uses Service and Spine 2.

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