The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015 No. 1862

PART 10 E+W Records and information

[F1 Meaning of “appropriate software” for the purposes of regulations 71ZD, 71ZE and 71ZF E+W

71ZG.— (1) For the purposes of regulations 71ZD, 71ZE and 71ZF the software used for the purposes of providing a facility or method of communication (as the case may be) is appropriate if the software meets—

(a) the requirements in the GPIT Operating Model relevant to that software, or

(b) requirements which are equivalent in their effect to the relevant requirements in the GPIT Operating Model.

(2) In this regulation “GPIT Operating Model” means the document published by the Board which sets out the commissioning framework for the provision of general practice digital services F2 .]

Textual Amendments

F1 Regs. 71ZC-71ZG inserted (1.10.2021) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/995), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 9 (with reg. 3)

F2 The current version of the document is titled “Securing Excellence in Primary Care (GP) Digital Services: The Primary Care (GP) Digital Services Operating Model 2019-21” and is available at: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/securing-excellence-in-primary-care-gp-digital-services-the-primary-care-gp-digital-services-operating-model-2019-21/ . The document can be obtained in alternative formats by telephone (on 0300 311 22 33), by email ([e-mail]) or by writing to NHS England and NHS Improvement, PO Box 16738, Redditch, B97 9PT.