The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2023

42.—(1) This Part applies in respect of the assignment by the Local Health Board of—E+W

(a)a person as a new patient to a contractor’s list of patients where that person—

(i)has been refused inclusion in a contractor’s list of patients or has not been accepted as a temporary resident by a contractor, and

(ii)would like to be included in the list of patients of a contractor within the area of the Local Health Board in which that person resides, or

(b)any person who is part of a list dispersal resulting from the closure of a practice where that person—

(i)has not registered with another contractor, and

(ii)would like to be included in the list of patients of a contractor within the area of the Local Health Board in which that person resides; or

(c)any person who is part of a list dispersal resulting from the closure of a practice where that person has not registered with another contractor and the Local Health Board has been unable to contact that person.

(2) In this paragraph, “list dispersal” means the allocation of patients from a contractor’s list of patients by the Local Health Board following termination of the contract or during the period set out in the notice of termination or agreement to terminate.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 3 para. 42 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(2)