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SCHEDULE 3E+WOther contractual terms

PART 1E+WProvision of services

[F1Direct booking by NHS 111 [F2or via a connected service] E+W

11B.—(1) A contractor must ensure that as a minimum the following number of appointments during core hours for its registered patients are made available per day for direct booking by [F3or via a service [F4(“a connected service”)] approved by [F5NHS England] that is or may be accessed via] NHS 111—

(a)one, where a contractor has 3,000 registered patients or fewer; or

(b)one for each whole 3,000 registered patients, where a contractor has more than 3,000 registered patients.

(2) The requirements in sub-paragraphs (1) and (3) do not apply where—

(a)[F5NHS England] has agreed to a request from the contractor to suspend the requirements for operational reasons; or

(b)the contractor does not have access to computer systems and software which would enable it to offer the service described in sub-paragraph (1).

(3) A contractor must—

(a)configure its computerised systems to allow direct booking by NHS 111 [F6or via a connected service];

(b)monitor its booking system for appointments booked by NHS 111 [F7or via a connected service];

(c)assess the Post Event Message received from NHS 111 [F8or via a connected service] in order to decide whether an alternative to the booked appointment should be arranged, such as a telephone call to the patient or an appointment with another healthcare professional and where appropriate, make those arrangements; and

(d)co-operate with [F5NHS England] in its oversight of direct booking by NHS 111 [F9or via a connected service] by providing any information relating to direct booking by NHS 111 [F9or via a connected service] which is reasonably required by [F5NHS England].

(4) In this paragraph, “Post Event Message” means the electronic message which is sent to a contractor at the end of a telephone call to NHS 111 [F10or via a connected service].]

[F11(5) In order to assist in the management of a serious or potentially serious risk to human health arising as a consequence of a disease being, or in anticipation of a disease being imminently—

(a)pandemic; and

(b)a serious risk or potentially a serious risk to human health,

[F5NHS England] may with the agreement of the Secretary of State make an announcement to the effect that the minimum numbers of appointments mentioned in paragraph (1) are modified in the circumstances specified (which may limit the area to which the modification relates), and for the duration of the period specified, in the announcement, and where [F5NHS England] does so, the minimum numbers are as so modified.]

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