The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2023

Refusal of applications for inclusion in the list of patients or early termination of responsibility for temporary residents E+W

26.—(1) The contractor may only refuse an application made under paragraphs 23, 24 or 25 or terminate its responsibility for a person accepted by it as a temporary resident under paragraph 25(3) if it has reasonable grounds for doing so which do not relate to the applicant’s race, social class, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, appearance, gender or gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, disability or medical condition.

(2) The reasonable grounds referred to in sub- paragraph (1) may, in the case of applications made under paragraph 23, include the ground that the applicant does not live in the contractor’s practice area.

(3) Where a contractor refuses an application made under paragraphs 23, 24 or 25 or terminates its responsibility for a person accepted by it as a temporary resident under paragraph 25(3), the contractor must give notice in writing of that refusal or termination and the reasons for it to the applicant (or, in the case of a child or an adult who lacks capacity, to the person who made the application on their behalf) before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the date of its decision.

(4) The contractor must—

(a) keep a written record of—

(i) the refusal of any application made under paragraphs 23, 24 or 25 or termination its responsibility for a person accepted by it as a temporary resident under paragraph 25(3), and

(ii) the reasons for that refusal or termination, and

(b) make such records available to the Local Health Board on request.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 26 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(2)