The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 20158

In regulation 74F (information relating to overseas visitors) of the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 20156—

a

for paragraph (1)(b) (but not the words following that paragraph) substitute—

b

where applicable in the case of a patient, record the fact that the patient is the holder of a document—

i

which is—

aa

a European Health Insurance Card;

bb

an S1 Healthcare Certificate; or

cc

a document which, for the purposes of a listed healthcare arrangement as defined in regulation 1(3) of the Healthcare (European Economic Area and Switzerland Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, is treated as equivalent to a document referred to in sub-paragraph (aa) (“EHIC equivalent document”) or (bb) (“S1 equivalent document”); and

ii

which has not been issued to or in respect of the patient by the United Kingdom,

b

in paragraph (2)(a)—

i

after “European Health Insurance Card” insert “or EHIC equivalent document”;

ii

after “that card” insert “or document”;

c

in paragraph (4)—

i

after “S1 Healthcare Certificate” insert “or S1 equivalent document”;

ii

after the remaining references to “certificate” (in both places), insert “or document”.