sec.7Role of Hospital and Health Services

### sec.7 Role of Hospital and Health Services Hospital and Health Services are statutory bodies and are the principal providers of public sector health services. Each Hospital and Health Service is independently and locally controlled by a Hospital and Health Board. Each Hospital and Health Board appoints a health service chief executive. Each Hospital and Health Board exercises significant responsibilities at a local level, including controlling— the financial management of the Service; and the management of the Service’s land and buildings; and for a prescribed Service, the management of the Service’s staff. This Act requires each Hospital and Health Service to have regard to particular matters in performing its functions. s 7 sub 2012 No. 9 s 5 amd 2020 No. 31 s 7 ; 2023 No. 9 s 4 (sec.7-ssec.1) Hospital and Health Services are statutory bodies and are the principal providers of public sector health services. (sec.7-ssec.2) Each Hospital and Health Service is independently and locally controlled by a Hospital and Health Board. (sec.7-ssec.3) Each Hospital and Health Board appoints a health service chief executive. (sec.7-ssec.4) Each Hospital and Health Board exercises significant responsibilities at a local level, including controlling— the financial management of the Service; and the management of the Service’s land and buildings; and for a prescribed Service, the management of the Service’s staff. (sec.7-ssec.5) This Act requires each Hospital and Health Service to have regard to particular matters in performing its functions. - (a) the financial management of the Service; and - (b) the management of the Service’s land and buildings; and - (c) for a prescribed Service, the management of the Service’s staff.