Amendment of paragraph 11 of Schedule 6 to the GMS Contracts Regulations
8. In Schedule 6 to the GMS Contracts Regulations (other contractual terms), in paragraph 11(1) (out of hours services: quality standards and monitoring), for sub-paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) A contractor which provides out of hours services must, in the provision of those services—
(a)meet the quality requirements set out in the document entitled “National Quality Standards in the Delivery of Out of Hours Services” published on 20th July 2006(2); and
(b)comply with any requests for information which it receives from, or on behalf of, the Board about the provision by the contractor of out of hours services to its registered patients in such manner, and before the end of such period, as is specified in the request.”.
Paragraph 11 was substituted by S.I. 2014/465.
The document entitled “National Quality Standards in the Delivery of Out of Hours Services” published on 20th July 2006 is available at:
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130107105354/http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4137271. Hard copies may be obtained from the Department of Health, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, London SW1A 2NS.