PART VIGENERAL HEALTH SERVICES
F1 General medical services contracts
General medical services contracts: payments57C
1
The Department may F2make a scheme providing for payments to be made under general medical services contracts.
2
A general medical services contract must require payments to be made under the contract in accordance with F3any scheme for the time being in force under this Article.
3
Without prejudice to the generality of the power under paragraph (1) F4a scheme under that paragraph may—
a
provide for payments to be made by reference to compliance with standards or the achievement of levels of performance;
b
provide for payments to be made by reference to—
ii
a determination made by any person in accordance with factors specified in the F5scheme ;
c
provide for the making of payments in respect of individual practitioners;
d
provide that the whole or any part of a payment is subject to conditions (and may provide that payments are payable by F7the Department only if it is satisfied as to certain conditions)
4
Before F8making a scheme under paragraph (1), the Department—
a
shall consult any body appearing to it to be representative of persons to whose remuneration the F9scheme would relate, and
b
may consult such other persons as it thinks appropriate.
F104A
The Department must publish a scheme under paragraph (1) in such manner as it thinks appropriate.
5
References in this Article to payments include fees, allowances, reimbursements, loans and repayments.
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