Schedules

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

Continuity of care8

In Schedule 3, in paragraph 4 (contact with the practice)—

a

in sub-paragraph (2)(a) omit “, and the patient’s health would not thereby be jeopardised”;

b

in sub-paragraph (4)—

i

in sub-paragraph (a) omit “and” and at the end of that sub-paragraph insert “, including the need to avoid jeopardising the patient’s health”;

ii

at the end of sub-paragraph (b) insert “; and”;

iii

after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

c

any benefits to the patient of providing for continuity of the health care professional involved in their care and treatment.