The National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 2015

Electronic transfer of patient records between GP practicesE+W

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62.—(1) A contractor which provides essential services must use the facility known as “GP2GP” for the safe and effective transfer of any patient records—

(a)in a case where a new patient registers with the contractor's practice, to the contractor's practice from another provider of primary medical services (if any) with which the patient was previously registered; or

(b)in a case where the contractor receives a request from another provider of primary medical services with which the patient has registered, in order to respond to that request.

(2) In this regulation, “GP2GP facility” means the facility provided by [F1NHS England] to a contractor's practice which enables the electronic health records of a registered patient which are held on the computerised clinical systems of the contractor's practice to be transferred securely and directly to another provider of primary medical services with which the patient has registered.

(3) The requirements of this regulation do not apply in the case of a temporary resident.

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