The General Dental Services, Personal Dental Services and Abolition of the Dental Practice Board Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2006

Violent patients

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26.  Where—

(a)on or before 31st March 2006, a pilot patient (within the meaning of direction 2 of the PDS Directions) has committed an act of violence in the circumstances specified in the pilot scheme agreement which give effect to direction 8(2)(a) of the PDS Directions;

(b)the pilot scheme provider has notified the Primary Care Trust that he wishes the provision of personal dental services for that pilot patient to be terminated immediately; and

(c)the Primary Care Trust has not informed the person concerned on or before 31st March 2006 that the pilot scheme provider wishes the provision of personal dental services for that pilot patient to be terminated,

the Primary Care Trust shall take such steps to inform that person that the relevant pilot scheme provider does not wish to provide, on or after 1st April 2006, primary dental services to that person under the personal dental services agreement or the general dental services contract.