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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Primary Medical Services and Performers Lists) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.
(2) These Regulations come into force—
(a)subject to sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), on 27th May 2024;
(b)paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 come into force on 1st October 2024;
(c)paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 come into force on 31st October 2024.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
2.—(1) In the National Health Service (Performers Lists) (England) Regulations 2013(1), for regulation 24(1) (medical performers list) substitute—
“(1) Subject to paragraphs (1A) to (3), a medical practitioner may not perform any primary medical services unless the medical practitioner is a general medical practitioner included in the medical performers list.
(1A) A medical practitioner may perform primary medical services when the medical practitioner is not included in the medical performers list if they have a prescribed connection under regulation 10 of the Medical Profession (Responsible Officers) Regulations 2010(2) (connection between designated bodies and medical practitioners) with a designated body referred to in Part 1 of the Schedule to those Regulations(3).
(1B) A medical practitioner who is not included in the medical performers list may administer a vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or perform any primary medical service ancillary to the administration of such a vaccine.”.
3. The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015(4) are amended in accordance with Schedule 1.
4. The National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 2015(5) are amended in accordance with Schedule 2.
5. The following are revoked—
(a)the National Health Service (Performers Lists) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020(6); and
(b)the National Health Service (Performers Lists, Coronavirus) (England) Amendment Regulations 2021(7).
Andrea Leadsom
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Health and Social Care
26th April 2024
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