SCHEDULE 6OTHER CONTRACTUAL TERMS

PART 2PATIENTS

Removal from the list at the request of the patient19

1

The contractor shall notify the Primary Care Trust in writing of any request for removal from its list of patients received from a registered patient.

2

Where the Primary Care Trust—

a

receives notification from the contractor under sub-paragraph (1); or

b

receives a request from the patient to be removed from the contractor’s list of patients,

it shall remove that person from the contractor’s list of patients.

3

A removal in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) shall take effect—

a

on the date on which the Primary Care Trust receives notification of the registration of the person with another provider of essential services (or their equivalent); or

b

14 days after the date on which the notification or request made under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) respectively is received by the Primary Care Trust,

whichever is the sooner.

4

The Primary Care Trust shall, as soon as practicable, notify in writing—

a

the patient; and

b

the contractor,

that the patient’s name will be or has been removed from the contractor’s list of patients on the date referred to in sub-paragraph (3).

5

In this paragraph and in paragraphs 20(1)(b) and (10), 21(6) and (7), 23 and 26, a reference to a request received from or advice, information or notification required to be given to a patient shall include a request received from or advice, information or notification required to be given to—

a

in the case of a patient who is a child, a parent or other person referred to in paragraph 15(4)(a); or

b

in the case of an adult patient who is incapable of making the relevant request or receiving the relevant advice, information or notification, a relative or the primary carer of the patient.