SCHEDULE 1Additional services

Minor surgery8

1

A contractor whose contract includes the provision of minor surgery must comply with the requirements in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3).

2

The contractor must make available to patients where appropriate—

a

curettage;

b

cautery; and

c

cryocautery of warts, verrucae and other skin lesions.

3

The contractor must record in the patient's record—

a

details of the minor surgery provided to the patient; and

b

the consent of the patient to that surgery.

4

In this paragraph, “patient's record” has the same meaning as in paragraph 4.