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

Factors relevant to assignments E+W

44.  When assigning a person as a new patient to a contractor’s list of patients under paragraph 43(1)(a) or (b), the Local Health Board must have regard to—

(a) the preferences and circumstances of the person,

(b) the distance between the person’s place of residence and the contractor’s practice premises,

(c) any request made by a contractor to remove the person from its list of patients within the preceding period of 6 months beginning with the date on which the application for assignment is received by the Local Health Board,

(d) whether, during the preceding period of 6 months beginning with the date on which the application for assignment is received by the Local Health Board, the person has been removed from a list of patients on the grounds referred to in—

(i) paragraph 29 (relating to the circumstances in which a person may be removed from a contractor’s list of patients at the request of the contractor),

(ii) paragraph 30 (relating to the removal from the contractor’s list of patients of persons who are violent), or

(iii) the equivalent provisions to those paragraphs in relation to arrangements made under section 41(2) of the Act (which relate to arrangements for the provision of primary medical services),

(e) in a case to which sub-paragraph (d)(ii) applies (or equivalent provisions as mentioned in sub-paragraph (d)(iii) apply), whether the contractor has appropriate facilities to deal with such patients, and

(f) such other matters as the Local Health Board considers relevant.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 44 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(2)