Minor surgeryE+W
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8.—(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.