SCHEDULE 3OTHER CONTRACTUAL TERMS

PART 5RECORDS, INFORMATION, NOTIFICATIONS AND RIGHTS OF ENTRY

Entry and inspection by the Local Health Board44

1

Subject to—

a

the conditions in sub-paragraph (2); and

b

sub-paragraph (3),

the contractor will allow persons authorised in writing by the Local Health Board to enter and inspect the practice premises at any reasonable time.

2

The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are that—

a

reasonable notice of the intended entry has been given;

b

written evidence of the authority of the person seeking entry is produced to the contractor on request; and

c

entry is not made to any premises or part of the premises used as residential accommodation without the consent of the resident.

3

Where the contractor is providing services under the contract in a prison, the contractor will not be obliged to comply with sub-paragraph (1), or paragraph 45 or 46, if—

a

the contractor has used its best endeavours to allow the Local Health Board, members of a Community Health Council or the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection or the Assembly (as the case may be) to enter and inspect the practice premises; but

b

entry and inspection has been prevented by the prison authorities despite the contractor’s best endeavours.

4

In this paragraph “practice premises” includes a mobile surgery.