SCHEDULE 1Amendments to the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015
Alternative premises for remote provision of services7
In Schedule 3 (other contractual terms)—
1
for paragraph 4(2)(b) (attendance at practice premises), substitute—
b
the patient is—
i
offered an appointment, for a time which is appropriate and reasonable having regard to all the circumstances, to attend the contractor’s practice premises again or participate in a telephone or video consultation; or
ii
invited to make a request via an online consultation system,
and the patient’s health would not thereby be jeopardised.
2
in paragraph 6(1) (newly registered patients), after “in” insert “a remote consultation or”
;
3
in paragraph 10(2) (patients aged 75 and over), after “premises” insert “or to participate in a remote consultation”
;
4
in paragraph 11A (NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS)), omit “premises” wherever it appears;
5
in paragraph 15(2)(c)(i) (duty of co-operation), omit “premises”;
6
in paragraph 44(3)(d) (sub-contracting of clinical matters), for “for the provision of services” substitute “as practice premises”
;
7
in paragraph 45(4)(b) (sub-contracting out of hours services), for “for the provision of services” substitute “as practice premises”
; and
8
in paragraph 48(j) (information to be included in practice leaflets), before “premises” insert “practice”
.