Part 1 National Health Service

Abolition of Medical Practices Committee and National Health Service Tribunal

15 Vacancies for medical practitioners

(1) Section 29B of the 1977 Act (which provides for regulations about the filling of vacancies for general practitioners) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2)—

(a) for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted—

“(a) the determination by a Health Authority of whether there is, or will be, a vacancy for a medical practitioner in a locality;

(b) any consultation which a Health Authority must undertake before doing so;”, and

(b) in paragraph (c), for “the Medical Practices Committee” there shall be substituted “a Health Authority”.

(3) In subsection (3)(b), for “Secretary of State” there shall be substituted “FHSAA”.