SCHEDULE 5MODIFICATION OF PATIENT PROVISIONS WHERE THE CONTRACTOR IS A PRIMARY CARE TRUST
1
Paragraphs 3 and 5 of Schedule 3 shall apply as modified by paragraphs 2 and 3 respectively where the contractor is a Primary Care Trust.
2
As if for paragraph 3, there were substituted the following—
Violent patients3
1
Where—
a
a patient of the contractor has committed an act of violence or behaved in such a way against any persons specified in sub-paragraph (2) as a consequence of which that person has feared for his safety; and
b
the contractor has reported the incident to the police,
the Primary Care Trust may notify that patient that it will no longer provide services to him under the agreement.
2
The persons referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are—
a
any member of the Primary Care Trust's staff;
b
a person engaged by the Primary Care Trust to perform or assist in the performance of services under the agreement; or
c
any other person present—
i
on the practice premises; or
ii
in the place where services were provided to the patient under the agreement.
3
As if for paragraph 5, there were substituted the following—
Irrevocable breakdown in relationship between contractor and patient5
1
Where—
a
in the reasonable opinion of the contractor, there has been an irrevocable breakdown in the relationship between the patient and that contractor; and
b
notice of such a breakdown has been given to the patient by the contractor,
the contractor may no longer provide services to that patient under the agreement.