The National Health Service (Fund-Holding Practices) (Scotland) Regulations 1997

Payment of salaries

20.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the members of a fund-holding practice may apply the allotted sum for the purpose of making payments (including any redundancy payments which a member of the practice is required to make by virtue of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978(1)) to those employees of members of the practice who are employed–

(a) to provide treatment to the patients of the practice; or

(b) in connection with the management or administration of the practice.

(2) Where a Health Board has, before the date on which the members of a fund-holding practice were granted recognition as a fund-holding practice, reimbursed a member of the practice in respect of a proportion of the expenses of employing an employee of his, then the members of the fund-holding practice may apply the allotted sum for the purpose of paying, in respect of periods after that date, only that proportion of the salary of that employee or any person employed in place of that employee to perform substantially the same functions.

(3) The members of a fund-holding practice may apply the allotted sum for the purpose of paying fees to persons engaged to provide services which are necessary for the proper treatment of individuals who are on the lists of patients of the members of the practice, provided that such persons are engaged to provide those services at the practice premises.

(4) The members of a fund-holding practice shall not apply the allotted sum for the purpose of employing or engaging the services of a registered medical practitioner except for the purposes of providing to individuals who are on the lists of patients of members of the practice such services as are included in the list mentioned in regulation 18(2) or as mentioned in regulation 21(8)(c).

(5) The members of the fund-holding practice may apply the allotted sum for the purpose of training employees of members of the practice, provided that the training will be beneficial to the patients of the members of the practice and its cost represents value for money.

(1)

1978 c. 44.