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

Application of this Part E+W

[F1 37.— (1) This Part applies in respect of the assignment by [F2 NHS England] of—

(a) a person as a new patient to a contractor’s list of patients where that person—

(i) has been refused inclusion in a contractor’s list of patients or has not been accepted as a temporary resident by a contractor, and

(ii) would like to be included in the list of a contractor in whose [F3 integrated care board] area that person resides;

(b) any person who is part of a list dispersal resulting from the closure of a practice where that person—

(i) has not registered with another contractor, and

(ii) would like to be included in the list of patients of a contractor in whose [F3 integrated care board] area that person resides;

(c) any person who is part of a list dispersal resulting from the closure of a practice where that person has not registered with another contractor and [F2 NHS England] has been unable to contact that person.

(2) In this paragraph, “list dispersal” means the allocation of patients from a contractor’s list of patients by [F2 NHS England] following termination of the contract or during the period set out in the notice of termination or agreement to terminate.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 para. 37 substituted (E.) (1.10.2020) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/911), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 11

F2 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

F3 Words in Regulations substituted (1.7.2022) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Consequential and Related Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/634), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(1)(3) (with Sch. para. 1(2))