Patients aged 75 and overE+W
10.—(1) Where a registered patient who requests a consultation—
(a)has attained the age of 75 years; and
(b)has not participated in a consultation within the 12 month period prior to the date of the request,
the contractor must provide such a consultation during which it must make such inquiries and undertake such examinations as it considers appropriate in all the circumstances.
(2) A consultation under sub-paragraph (1) must take place in the home of the patient where, in the reasonable opinion of the contractor, it would be inappropriate, as a result of the patient's medical condition, for the patient to attend at the practice premises [F1or to participate in a remote consultation].
(3) This paragraph does not affect the contractor's other obligations under the contract in respect of the patient.
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