NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008

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NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008
Measure of the National Assembly for Wales
Royal Badge of Wales (2008).svg
National Assembly for Wales
Long title A MEASURE of the National Assembly for Wales to make provision about arrangements for redress in relation to liability in tort in connection with services provided as part of the health service in Wales; and for connected purposes.
Citation 2008 nawm 1
Introduced by Edwina Hart AM
Dates
Royal approval 9 July 2008 (2008-07-09)
Commencement 7 February 2011
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through the Assembly
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008 (Welsh : Mesur Gwneud Iawn am Gamweddau'r GIG (Cymru) 2008) is the first piece of primary legislation passed by the Welsh Assembly with its greater law-making powers in the wake of the Government of Wales Act 2006. It was passed by the Welsh Assembly on 6 May 2008 and became law on 9 July 2008 when the Queen approved it through an order in Council of the Privy Council. The act allows Welsh Ministers to make regulations to specify how it would work in practice. [1]

Contents

Context

Assembly Presiding Officer Dafydd Elis-Thomas said that "[t]he passing of the first assembly measure into law heralds a burgeoning confidence in the new law-making constitution of Wales," and called the measure a "historic milestone for Wales and the National Assembly for Wales". [2]

Provisions

The primary aim of the legislation is to reform the law of tort in respect of the National Health Service in Wales, so that complaints be handled out of court. [3] The act makes investigations must be conducted on agreed lines and agreed timescales. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "NHS measure becomes UK's first bilingual law". Wales Online . 11 July 2008. Archived from the original on 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "First Welsh law's royal approval". BBC News . 9 July 2008. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "NHS complaint system to move out of courts". Wales Online . 3 July 2007. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Legislation making it better for patients". Wales Online . 16 June 2008. Archived from the original on 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
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