NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008


The NHS Redress Measure 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.

Context

Assembly Presiding Officer Dafydd Elis-Thomas said that "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".

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. The act makes investigations must be conducted on agreed lines and agreed timescales.