The National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 2015 No. 1879

SCHEDULE 2 E+W Other required terms

PART 3 E+W List of patients: closure etc.

Approval of an application to close a list of patients E+W

33.—(1) Where [F1 NHS England] approves an application to close a contractor's list of patients, [F1 NHS England] must—

(a) give notice in writing to the contractor of its decision as soon as possible and the notice (“the closure notice”) must include the details specified in sub-paragraph (2); and

(b) at the same time as [F1 NHS England] gives notice to the contractor, send a copy of the closure notice to—

(i) the Local Medical Committee (if any) for the area in which the contractor provides services under the agreement, and

(ii) any person who [F1 NHS England] consulted in accordance with paragraph 32(8).

(2) The closure notice must include—

(a) the period of time for which the contractor's list of patients is to be closed which must be—

(i) the period specified in the application, or

(ii) where [F1 NHS England] and the contractor have agreed in writing to a different period, that different period,

and, in either case, the period must not be less than three months and not more than 12 months;

(b) the date on which the closure of the contractor's list of patients is to take effect (“the closure date”); and

(c) the date on which the list of patients is to re-open.

(3) Subject to paragraph 36, a contractor must close its list of patients with effect from the closure date and the list of patients must remain closed for the duration of the closure period as specified in the closure notice.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words 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