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The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015
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- 2015 No. 1862
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- Regulation 66B
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[F1[F2Vaccines and immunisations: standards]E+W
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66B.—(1) A contractor must ensure that they have in place a system for delivering appointments at which relevant vaccines or immunisations are administered to patients (“immunisation appointments”) which meets the Vaccines and Immunisations Standards.
[F3(1A) A contractor must comply with the standards contained in the Vaccines and Immunisations Standards on the processing of data relating to patients.]
(2) In this regulation—
[F4“processing” has the meaning given by section 3(4) of the Data Protection Act 2018;]
“relevant vaccine or immunisation” [F5has the same meaning as in regulation 66A(1)(a) of these Regulations;]
“the Vaccines and Immunisations Standards” means the standards determined by [F6NHS England] [F7published on 15th April 2024] and which a contractor is required to meet in relation to the following matters—
(a)
the invitation of patients for immunisation appointments when they first become eligible for relevant vaccines or immunisations (“newly eligible patients”);
(b)
the steps to be taken if no response is received to an invitation falling within sub-paragraph (a);
(c)
the provision of immunisation appointments to newly eligible patients;
(d)
the steps to be taken if a newly eligible patient does not attend an immunisation appointment;
(e)
requests for relevant vaccines or immunisations made by patients who are eligible for them but have not previously received them for any reason;
(f)
the identification of gaps in the vaccination records of registered patients, and the offer, and provision of, immunisation appointments to those patients;
(g)
[F8the processing of records relating to patient vaccinations and immunisations, including records relating to the administration of vaccines and patient vaccination status.]]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 9A inserted (1.4.2021) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/331), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 6
F2Reg. 66B heading substituted (27.5.2024) by The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services and Performers Lists) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/575), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 1 para. 3(a)
F3Reg. 66B(1A) inserted (27.5.2024) by The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services and Performers Lists) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/575), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 1 para. 3(b)
F4Words in reg. 66B(2) inserted (27.5.2024) by The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services and Performers Lists) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/575), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 1 para. 3(c)(i)
F5Words in reg. 66B(2) substituted (27.5.2024) by The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services and Performers Lists) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/575), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 1 para. 3(c)(ii)
F6Words in Regulations substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1
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