7.—(1) Where the contractor provides clinical services, other than under a private arrangement, to a patient who is not on its list of patients, the contractor must, as soon as reasonably practicable, provide to [F1NHS England] a clinical report relating to that consultation and any treatment provided to the patient.
(2) [F1NHS England] must send a report received in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) to—
(a)to the person with whom the patient is registered for the provision of essential services (or their equivalent); or
(b)if the person referred to in paragraph (a) is not known to [F1NHS England], or to the Local Health Board, Health Board or Health and Social Services Board, in whose area the patient is resident.
(3) This paragraph does not apply in relation to the provision of out of hours services by a contractor which is, by virtue of regulation 22, required to comply with the quality standards or requirements referred to in that regulation.
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