The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 No. 995

SCHEDULE 1 Amendment of the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015

PART 6 Other minor amendments

References to “additional services”

14.  In regulation 3—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) omit the definition of “additional services”;

(ii) in the definition of “enhanced services”, for “additional services”, in both places it occurs, substitute “minor surgery”;

(iii) for the definition of “minor surgery” substitute—

““minor surgery” has the meaning given in paragraph (6A);”;

(iv) in the definition of “out of hours services”, for “additional services” substitute “minor surgery”;

(b) after paragraph (6) insert—

“(6A) “Minor surgery” means the following services—

(a) making available to patients where appropriate—

(i) curettage,

(ii) cautery, and

(iii) cryocautery of warts, verrucae and other skin lesions;

(b) recording in the patient’s record—

(i) details of the minor surgery provided to the patient, and

(ii) the consent of the patient to that surgery.”.