The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Regulations 2004

Duty of co-operation in relation to primary medical services

6.—(1) A provider which does not provide to its patients–

(a) essential services;

(b) a particular additional service;

(c) a particular enhanced service; or

(d) out of hours services, either at all or in respect of some periods or services,

shall comply with the requirements specified in paragraph (2).

(2) The requirements referred to in paragraph (1) are that the provider shall–

(a) co-operate, insofar as is reasonable, with any person responsible for the provision of that service or those services;

(b) comply in core hours with any reasonable request for information from such a person or from the Health Board relating to the provision of that service or those services; and

(c) in the case of out of hours services, take reasonable steps to ensure that any patient who contacts the practice premises during the out of hours period is provided with information about how to obtain services during that period.

(3) Nothing in this paragraph shall require a provider, whose agreement does not include the provision of out of hours services, to make itself available during the out of hours period.