The National Health Service (Fund-Holding Practices) (Scotland) Regulations 1997

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE 1 CONDITIONS FOR OBTAINING RECOGNITION AS A FUND-HOLDING PRACTICE

1.  In the case of an application for recognition as a standard fund-holding practice on the date on which the application is made there will be a total of at least 4,000 patients on the lists of patients of members of the practice or in the opinion of the relevant Health Board it is likely that there will be a total of at least 4,000 patients on those lists during the period of twelve months commencing on that date.

2.  Where some or all of the members of the practice are practising in partnership, the application is made (whether or not with the other persons) by all the members practising in partnership.

3.  The members of the practice have shown themselves capable of managing their medical practices in general in an effective and efficient manner and that they possess, or have access to or are likely to possess or have access to, such equipment including computers and ancillary equipment and such expertise including appropriate staff resources as are necessary to assist them, and so are likely to be able to manage effectively and efficiently an allotted sum.

4.  Where the members of the practice are not partners in a single partnership, the members of the practice have entered into an agreement, approved by the relevant Health Board, which provides that any act of a member of the practice with respect to the allotted sum binds the other members of the practice, and also provides for the determination of how much of the allotted sum, including any savings, is to be allocated to each member of the practice.