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.