SCHEDULE 5OTHER CONTRACTUAL TERMS

PART 4persons who perform services

Arrangements for GP Registrars59

1

The contractor shall only employ a GP Registrar for the purpose of being trained by a GP Trainer with the agreement of the Department and subject to the conditions in sub-paragraph (2).

2

The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are that the contractor shall not, by reason only of having employed or engaged a GP Registrar, reduce the total number of hours for which other medical practitioners perform primary medical services under the contract or for which other staff assist them in the performance of those services.

3

A contractor which employs a GP Registrar shall –

a

offer him terms of employment in accordance with the rates and subject to the conditions contained in any guidance given by the Department concerning the grants, fees, travelling and other allowances payable to GP Registrars; and

b

take into account any guidance issued by the Department in relation to the GP Registrar Scheme.