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National Health Service Act 2006, Section 158 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 27 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

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(1)A practitioner may appeal to the [F1First-tier Tribunal] against a decision of [F2NHS England] mentioned in subsection (2) F3....

(2)[F2NHS England] decisions in question are—

(a)to remove the practitioner from a list (under section 151 or 152(3) or under subsection (5)(b) of this section),

(b)to remove him contingently (under section 152),

(c)to impose any particular condition under section 152, or to vary any condition or to impose any different condition under that section,

(d)to vary his terms of service (under section 152(4)),

(e)any decision on a review of a contingent removal under section 157.

(3)The appeal must be way of redetermination of the decision of [F2NHS England].

(4)On an appeal, the [F4First-tier Tribunal] may make any decision which [F2NHS England] could have made.

(5)If the [F5First-tier Tribunal] decides to remove the practitioner contingently—

(a)[F2NHS England] and the practitioner may each apply to the [F5First-tier Tribunal] for the conditions imposed on the practitioner to be varied, for different conditions to be imposed, or for the contingent removal to be revoked, and

(b)[F2NHS England] may remove him from its list if it determines that he has failed to comply with a condition.

(6)[F2NHS England] may not remove a person from a list, or impose a contingent removal—

(a)until the expiry of the period of 28 days referred to in subsection (1), or

(b)if the practitioner appeals within that period, until the [F6First-tier Tribunal] has disposed of the appeal.

(7)Regulations may provide for payments by [F2NHS England] to practitioners who are removed from lists pursuant to decisions of the [F7First-tier Tribunal] under this section, but whose appeals against those decisions are successful.

(8)Regulations under subsection (7) may include provision for the amount of the payments, or the method of calculating the amount, to be determined by the Secretary of State or by another person appointed for the purpose by the Secretary of State.

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