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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES BY SENATOR S.C. FERGUSON
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 22nd OCTOBER 2013
Question
What are the services which the Department must supply as required and specified by statute (with references)?
Answer
The table below contains a list of the services that the Minister for Health and Social Services is under a statutory obligation to provide. As requested, it only specifies mandatory duties, not permissive powers.
Further to the services listed below the Department also has significant regulatory functions contained in other laws that may not be considered services' per se. These include administering provisions in relation to the protection of public health (for example provisions contained in the Food Safety (Jersey) Law 1966); administering registration requirements of professionals engaged in health and social services (for example, under the Medical Practitioners (Registration)(Jersey) Law 1960); and administering the regulation of premises that deliver relevant services (for example, nursing homes under the Nursing and Residential Homes (Jersey) Law 1994).
As will be evident from the list below, the specific statutory duties in relation to service provision only account for a small part of what the Department actually delivers, for example, the Department is also responsible for the administration of the General Hospital and Maternity Hospital, which does not appear as a result of any statutory provision.
Service | Statute |
To take all the measures thought useful to prevent and combat anything which may cause harm to public health and generally oversee the protection and conservation thereof | Loi (1934) sur la Santé Publique |
Maintaining an adoption service | Adoption (Jersey) Law 1961 |
Giving effect to the provisions of the Mental Health (Jersey) Law 1969 including provisions in relation to care and treatment of patients, hospital admission and guardianship and establishing the Mental Health Review Tribunal | Mental Health (Jersey) Law 1969 |
Provision of accommodation for a child in need; provision of maintenance for a child being looked after by the Minister; safeguarding and promoting the welfare of a child in care; providing advice and assistance to certain children. | Children (Jersey) Law 2002 |