The Health and Social Care Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Medical practitioner

2.—(1) This paragraph applies if a member (M)—

(a) is a medical practitioner or a non-GP provider, and

(b) is not in receipt of salary, wages, fees or other regular payments in respect of M’s employment by virtue of the application of these regulations to M as mentioned in column 3 of the Table in regulation 27(1).

(2) M’s practitioner income is—

(a) the sum of the amounts described in Cases 1 to 4; minus

(b) an amount on account of practice expenses.

CASE 1

Income derived by M from each of the following—

(a) a GMS contract;

(b) an APMS contract;

(c) payments from, or to, a practitioner who is a GMS practice or an APMS contractor in respect of the performance of—

(i) certification services,

(ii) commissioned services, or

(iii) collaborative services;

(d) the provision of locum services;

(e) payments made to M by an OOH provider or other employing authority providing OOH services in respect of the performance of—

(i) primary medical services,

(ii) commissioned services,

(iii) collaborative services,

(iv) certification services.

(f) payments made to M by an employing authority in respect of M’s provision of –

(i) primary dental services,

(ii) general ophthalmic services,

(iii) pharmaceutical services;

(iv) dispensing services;

(g) practice-based work carried out in educating or training or organizing the education or training of, medical students or practitioners.

CASE 2

Charges collected from patients in respect of services mentioned in Case 1 sub-paragraph (c) which M is authorised by or under an enactment to retain.

CASE 3

Sums paid to M out of a fund determined by reference to the number of beds in a hospital.

CASE 4

Allowances and other sums paid in respect of Board and advisory work.

This does not include payments made to cover expenses.