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PART 5 Contracts: required terms
22A.Patients who should not be tested for, or vaccinated against, coronavirus: confirmation of exemption
27A.Disclosure of information about NHS earnings: contractors and sub-contractors
27AA.Disclosure of information about NHS earnings: jobholders
27B.Calculation of NHS earnings for the purposes of regulations 27A and 27AA
29A.Variation of contracts: integrated care provider contracts
30.Variation of contracts: registered patients from outside practice area
32A.Suspension of contract terms or of enforcement of contract terms while a disease is or in anticipation of a disease being imminently pandemic etc.
PART 10 Records and information
69.Electronic transfer of patient records between GP practices
69A.Transfer of patient records between GP practices: time limits
71ZA.Patient online services: provision of online access to coded information in medical record and prospective medical records
71ZB.Patient online services: provision of online access to full digital medical record
71ZC.Patient online services: providing and updating personal or contact information
71ZD.Patient online services: provision of an online consultation tool
71ZG.Meaning of “appropriate software” for the purposes of regulations 71ZD, 71ZE and 71ZF
71B.Patient access: other availability of directly bookable appointments
74C.Information relating to indicators no longer in the Quality and Outcomes Framework
74D.Information relating to alcohol related risk reduction and dementia diagnosis and treatment
74G.Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Central Alerting System
74H.Collection of data relating to appointments in general practice
74I.Collection of data concerning use of online consultation tools and video consultations
PART 15 General transitional provision and saving, consequential amendments and revocations
21.Refusal of applications for inclusion in list of patients or for acceptance as temporary resident
28.Removal from the list of patients whose address is unknown
29.Removal from the list of patients absent from the United Kingdom etc.
30.Removal from the list of patients accepted elsewhere as temporary residents
32.Termination of responsibility for patients not registered with the contractor
PART 2A List of patients: Crown servants posted overseas and their family members
PART 4 Assignment of patients to lists
39.Assignment of patients to list of patients: open and closed lists
41.Assignments to closed lists: composition and determinations of the assessment panel
42.Assignment to closed lists: NHS dispute resolution procedure relating to determinations of the assessment panel
43.Assignments to closed lists: assignments of patients by NHS England
PART 8 Variation and termination of contracts
58.Variation provisions specific to a contract with an individual medical practitioner
59.Variation provisions specific to a contract with two or more persons practising in partnership
61.Termination on the death of an individual medical practitioner
65.Termination by NHS England for breach of conditions in regulation 5
66.Termination by NHS England for the provision of untrue etc. information
68.Termination by NHS England where patients' safety is seriously at risk or where there is risk of material financial loss to Board
70.Termination by NHS England: remedial notices and breach notices
71.Termination by NHS England: additional provisions specific to contracts with two or more persons practising in partnership and companies limited by shares
73.Contract sanctions and the NHS dispute resolution procedure
Suspension and reactivation of general medical services contracts
4.Notice of intention to suspend a general medical services contract
5.Suspension of a general medical services contract: general
6.Notice of intention to reactivate a general medical services contract
8.Reactivation of a general medical services contract: general
9.Termination, expiry or variation of an integrated care provider contract
1.Amendment of the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Prescription of Drugs etc) Regulations 2004
2.Amendment of the Primary Medical Services (Sale of Goodwill and Restrictions on Sub-contracting) Regulations 2004
3.Amendment of the NHS Business Services Authority (Awdurdod Gwasanaethau Busnes y GIG) Establishment and Constitution) Order 2005
4.Amendment of the Local Authority Social Services and National Health Service Complaints (England) Regulations 2009
5.Amendment of the National Health Service (Functions of the First-tier Tribunal relating to Primary Medical, dental and Ophthalmic Services) Regulations 2010
6.Amendment of the National Health Service (Clinical Commissioning Groups) Regulations 2012
7.Amendment of the National Health Service (Performers Lists) (England) Regulations 2013
8.Amendment of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013
9.Amendment of the National Health Service (Clinical Commissioning Groups – Disapplication of Responsibility) Regulations 2013
10.Amendment of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013
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