The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015

[F1 Patients living with frailty E+W

7A.— (1) A contractor must take steps [F2 each year] to identify any registered patient aged 65 years and over who is living with moderate to severe frailty.

(2) The contractor must comply with the requirement in sub-paragraph (1) by using the Electronic Frailty Index or any other appropriate assessment tool.

(3) Where the contractor identifies a patient aged 65 years or over who is living with severe frailty, the contractor must—

(a) undertake a clinical review in respect of the patient which includes—

(i) an annual review of the patient’s medication, and

(ii) where appropriate, a discussion with the patient about whether the patient has fallen in the last 12 months;

(b) provide the patient with any other clinically appropriate interventions; and

(c) where the patient does not have an enriched Summary Care Record, advise the patient about the benefits of having an enriched Summary Care Record and activate that record at the patient’s request.

(4) A contractor must, using codes agreed by the Board for this purpose, record in the patient’s Summary Care Record any appropriate information relating to clinical interventions provided to a patient under this paragraph.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3 para. 7A inserted (6.10.2017) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/908), regs. 1(2), 3

F2 Words in Sch. 3 para. 7A(1) inserted (1.10.2018) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/844), regs. 1(2), 6