PART 5Agreements: required terms
F1Services: remote provision outside practice premises13A
1
Without prejudice to regulation 17(7) (essential services) of the General Medical Services Contracts Regulations, where applicable, and without prejudice to paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 (attendance outside practice premises), the contractor and any sub-contractor may provide a remote service from a location which does not constitute practice premises, if the requirements in paragraph (2) are met.
2
The requirements referred to in paragraph (1) are that—
a
the service is provided from an appropriate location;
b
the service is provided through an appropriate digital or telecommunications method; and
c
the service is appropriate for provision outside of practice premises.
3
For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), a location is not appropriate if—
a
the location or its environment is not conducive to ensuring the confidentiality of patient information, in connection with the service to be provided from that location;
b
the location or its environment is not conducive to ensuring appropriate provision of the service from that location.
4
For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), a digital or telecommunications method is appropriate if it meets—
a
the requirements in the GPIT Operating Model relevant to that method, including any requirements as to software, or
b
requirements which are equivalent in their effect to the relevant requirements in the GPIT Operating Model;
5
For the purposes of paragraph (2)(c) the service is not appropriate for provision outside of practice premises if—
a
it would not be clinically appropriate for the patient on that occasion; or
b
it is otherwise not appropriate to the needs or circumstances of the patient.
6
For the purposes of paragraph (3)(a), “patient information” means information which relates to the physical or mental health or condition of a patient, to the diagnosis of their condition, to their care and treatment, or information which is to any extent derived, directly or indirectly, from such information.