Special Health Authorities provide services on behalf of the
British National Health Service (unlike other Health Authorities who serve a specific geographic area). Special Health Authorities were set up to provide a national service to the NHS or the public, under Section 11 of the NHS Act 1977. Following the repeal of the whole of the 1977 Act by the NHS (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006, Special Health Authorities are now provided for under s.28 NHS Act 2006. The Special Health Authorities are independent, but can be subject to ministerial direction like other NHS bodies. They are another type of "arm's length body" for the
Department of Health, along with
executive agencies and
Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs).
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