PART 8E+WPersons who perform services

Appraisal and assessmentE+W

47.—(1) The contractor must ensure that any medical practitioner performing services under the agreement—

(a)participates in the appraisal system provided by [F1NHS England] unless that medical practitioner participates in an appropriate appraisal system provided by another health service body or is an armed forces GP; and

(b)co-operates with [F1NHS England] in relation to [F1NHS England’s] patient safety functions.

(2) [F1NHS England] must provide an appraisal system for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) after consultation with the Local Medical Committee (if any) for the area in which the practitioner is to provide services under the agreement and such other persons as appear to it to be appropriate.

(3) In paragraph (1), “armed forces GP” means a medical practitioner who is employed on a contract of service by the Ministry of Defence, whether or not as a member of the armed forces of the Crown.