The General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2004

Assignment of patients

70.  Where, on 31st March 2004, a person had applied to a Primary Care Trust for assignment to a medical practitioner under regulation 4 of the Choice Regulations(1) but that application had not yet been determined, the Primary Care Trust shall—

(a) require a contractor to assign the person to a medical practitioner who performs personal medical services under a transitional agreement in accordance with article 64(1);

(b) assign the patient in accordance with the terms of the contract, to—

(i) a default contractor,

(ii) a general medical services contractor, or

(iii) a person who is a party to a personal medical services agreement; or

(c) otherwise make arrangements for the applicant to be provided with essential services (or their equivalent) in the area of the Primary Care Trust.

(1)

Regulation 4 was amended by S.I. 1999/3179 and 2002/2469.