Amendment of the National Health Service (Performers Lists) (England) Regulations 20132.

(1)

In the National Health Service (Performers Lists) (England) Regulations 20132, for regulation 24(1) (medical performers list) substitute—

“(1)

Subject to paragraphs (1A) to (3), a medical practitioner may not perform any primary medical services unless the medical practitioner is a general medical practitioner included in the medical performers list.

(1A)

A medical practitioner may perform primary medical services when the medical practitioner is not included in the medical performers list if they have a prescribed connection under regulation 10 of the Medical Profession (Responsible Officers) Regulations 20103 (connection between designated bodies and medical practitioners) with a designated body referred to in Part 1 of the Schedule to those Regulations4.

(1B)

A medical practitioner who is not included in the medical performers list may administer a vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or perform any primary medical service ancillary to the administration of such a vaccine.”.