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42.—(1) The contractor may only employ a GP Specialty Registrar subject to the conditions specified in paragraph (2).
(2) The conditions specified in this paragraph are that the contractor must not, by reason only of having employed a GP Specialty Registrar, reduce the total number of hours for which other medical practitioners perform primary medical services under the agreement or for which other staff assist those medical practitioners in the performance of those services.
(3) Where a contractor employs a GP Specialty Registrar, the contractor must—
(a)offer that GP Specialty Registrar terms of employment in accordance with such rates, and subject to such conditions, as are approved by the Secretary of State concerning the grants, fees, travelling and other allowances payable to GP Specialty Registrars; and
(b)take into account the guidance contained in the document entitled “A Reference Guide to Postgraduate Specialty Training in the UK”M1.
Marginal Citations
M1This guidance last published in May 2014 is available at http://specialtytraining.hee.nhs.uk/files/2013/10/A-Reference-Guide-for-Postgraduate-Specialty-Training-in-the-UK.pdf. Hard copies are available from Health Education England, 1st Floor, Blenheim House, Duncombe Street, Leeds, LS1 4PL.