Prospective
27.—(1) Where the contractor has accepted an application made under paragraphs 23, 24 or 25 for inclusion in its list of patients, the contractor must record in writing any preference expressed by that person (or, in the case of a child or an adult who lacks capacity, the person who made the application on the applicant’s behalf) to receive services from a particular performer, either generally or in relation to a specific condition.
(2) The contractor must endeavour to comply with any reasonable preference expressed under sub-paragraph (1) but need not do so if the preferred performer—
(a)has reasonable grounds for refusing to provide services to the person who expressed the preference, or
(b)does not routinely perform the service in question within the contractor’s practice.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 27 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(2)