The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022

Alternative premises for remote provision of services

7.  In Schedule 3 (other contractual terms)—

(1) for paragraph 4(2)(b) (attendance at practice premises), substitute—

“(b) the patient is—

(i) offered an appointment, for a time which is appropriate and reasonable having regard to all the circumstances, to attend the contractor’s practice premises again or participate in a telephone or video consultation; or

(ii) invited to make a request via an online consultation system,

and the patient’s health would not thereby be jeopardised.”;

(2) in paragraph 6(1) (newly registered patients), after “in” insert “a remote consultation or”;

(3) in paragraph 10(2) (patients aged 75 and over), after “premises” insert “or to participate in a remote consultation”;

(4) in paragraph 11A (NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS)), omit “premises” wherever it appears;

(5) in paragraph 15(2)(c)(i) (duty of co-operation), omit “premises”;

(6) in paragraph 44(3)(d) (sub-contracting of clinical matters), for “for the provision of services” substitute “as practice premises”;

(7) in paragraph 45(4)(b) (sub-contracting out of hours services), for “for the provision of services” substitute “as practice premises”; and

(8) in paragraph 48(j) (information to be included in practice leaflets), before “premises” insert “practice”.