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Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003

Section 176: General medical services: transitional

399.Subsection (1) requires the Secretary of State or the Assembly to make an Order in respect of medical practitioners who are providing GMS under section 29 of the 1977 Act immediately prior to the coming into force of section 175. An Order may require a PCT to enter into a new GMS contract with such a person. An Order under section 176(3) may also require a PCT to enter into a different sort of contract for the provision of medical services. A contract under subsection (3) may be appropriate where it has not been possible to enter into a GMS contract before the coming into force of section 175 to ensure continuity of service. An Order may prescribe the circumstances in which a PCT or LHB must enter into a contract, the terms of the contract, remuneration and the resolution of any disputes.

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