Alternative premises for remote provision of services
7. 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”.