PART 10Records and information
Electronic transfer of patient records between GP practices69
1
A contractor must use the facility known as “GP2GP” for the safe and effective transfer of any patient records—
a
in a case where a new patient registers with the contractor’s practice, to the contractor’s practice from the practice of another provider of primary medical services (if any) with which the patient was previously registered; or
b
in a case where the contractor receives a request from another provider of primary medical services with which the patient has registered, in order to respond to that request.
2
In this regulation, “GP2GP facility” means the facility provided by the Board to a contractor’s practice which enables the electronic health records of a registered patient which are held on the computerised clinical systems of a contractor’s practice to be transferred securely and directly to another provider of primary medical services with which the patient has registered.
3
The requirements of this regulation do not apply in the case of a temporary resident.