SCHEDULE 1 Amendments to the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015

Alternative premises for remote provision of services

1.  In regulation 3(1) (interpretation), at the appropriate places, insert—

““GPIT Operating Model” means the document entitled “Securing Excellence in Primary Care (GP) Digital Services: The Primary Care (GP) Digital Services Operating Model 2021-23 V5” issued by NHS England(1);”;

““remote consultation” means a consultation under the contract in which a patient, or their representative, participates by any means permitted under the contract, other than in person;”;

““remote service” means a service under the contract which is—

(a)

an online consultation under regulation 71ZD;

(b)

a secure electronic communication under regulation 71ZE;

(c)

a video consultation under regulation 71ZF;

(d)

a telephone consultation;

(e)

an electronic prescription;

(f)

any other service which can be provided through a digital or telecommunications method, including administrative tasks in support of the contract;”.

(1)

The document, published in July 2022, which sets out the commissioning framework for the provision of general practice digital services, is available at: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/securing-excellence-in-primary-care-gp-digital-services-the-primary-care-gp-digital-services-operating-model-2021-2023. The document can be obtained in alternative formats by telephone (on 0300 311 22 33), by email ([e-mail]) or by writing to NHS England, PO Box 16738, Redditch, B97 9PT.