29.—(1) [F1NHS England] must remove a person from a contractor's list of patients where the person has been accepted as a temporary resident by another contractor or other provider of essential services (or their equivalent) in any case where [F1NHS England] is satisfied, after due inquiry, that—
(a)the person's stay in the place of temporary residence has exceeded three months; and
(b)the person has not returned to their normal place of residence or to any other place within the contractor's practice area.
(2) [F1NHS England] must give notice in writing of any removal of a person from the contractor's list of patients under this paragraph—
(a)to the contractor; and
(b)where practicable, to that person.
(3) A notice given to a person under sub-paragraph (2)(b) must inform the person to whom it is given of—
(a)that person's entitlement to make arrangements for the provision to that person of essential services (or their equivalent), including by the contractor by which that person has been treated as a temporary resident; and
(b)the name, postal and electronic mail address and telephone number of [F1NHS England].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Regulations substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1