PART 8E+WStanding rules: choice of health service provider

InterpretationE+W

38.  In this Part—

[F1“elective referral” means referral by—

(a)

a general medical practitioner,

(b)

a general dental practitioner, or

(c)

an optometrist,

to a health service provider, including when the referral is first assessed by a person providing interface services, for treatment that is not identified as being immediately required at the time of referral;]

F2...

[F3“interface services” means services—

(a)

consisting of clinical triage, assessment or treatment, other than services provided under a primary care contract,

(b)

to be accessed by a person who requires an elective referral, but provided before the provision of the treatment required as a result of that referral, and

(c)

arranged by—

(i)

a relevant body, or

(ii)

an NHS trust or NHS foundation trust in the exercise of commissioning functions that have been delegated by virtue of arrangements made under section 65Z5(1) of the 2006 Act.]

“NHS Standard Contract” means a contract in the form of a model commissioning contract drafted by NHS England pursuant to regulation 17(2);

“prison” includes any other institution to which prison rules made under section 47 of the Prison Act 1952 M1 apply.

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