Part 1 National Health Service
General and personal medical services, general dental services, general ophthalmic services and pharmaceutical services
I118 Out of hours medical services
1
This section applies to arrangements made by—
a
a medical practitioner, in connection with any obligation of his to provide general medical services under arrangements under section 29 of the 1977 Act, or
b
any person (the “participant”), in connection with any obligation of his to provide personal medical services under section 28C arrangements,
under which a person undertakes, or persons undertake, to provide out of hours services.
2
Regulations may make provision—
a
for such arrangements to be made, in the case of a service provider of a specified description, only if the service provider is approved in accordance with the regulations;
b
for approval to be given, as respects out of hours services provided for persons in the area of any Health Authority, by that Authority or by another Health Authority;
c
as to steps to be taken by any Health Authority for making available information about approvals which have been given;
d
as to the procedure for applying for approval;
e
as to requirements (including requirements imposed by a Health Authority) with which an approved service provider must comply;
f
as to the suspension or withdrawal of any approval;
g
as to circumstances in which, while the arrangements are in force, there may be transferred to the service provider—
i
liabilities or obligations of the medical practitioner by virtue of Part 2 of the 1977 Act, or
ii
(as the case may be) liabilities or obligations of the participant by virtue of the section 28C arrangements;
h
as to criteria to be applied in making decisions under the regulations;
i
as to appeals against decisions of Health Authorities under the regulations.
3
In this section—
“medical practitioner” has the same meaning as in the 1977 Act;
“out of hours period” means any period specified by the regulations as such a period;
“out of hours services” means general medical services or personal medical services (as the case may be) provided during part or all of an out of hours period;
“section 28C arrangements” means arrangements made under section 28C of the 1977 Act;
“service provider”, in relation to arrangements to which this section applies, means the person or persons undertaking to provide out of hours services under the arrangements.