Appraisal and assessment E+W
75.—(1) The contractor must ensure that any medical practitioner performing services under the contract—
(a)participates in the appraisal system provided by the Local Health Board unless that medical practitioner participates in an appropriate appraisal system provided by another health service body or is an armed forces GP, and
(b)co-operates with the Local Health Board in relation to the Local Health Board’s patient safety functions.
(2) The Local Health Board must provide an appraisal system for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a) after consultation with the Local Medical Committee (if any) for the area in which the practitioner provides services under the contract and such other persons as appear to it to be appropriate.
(3) In [F1sub-paragraph] (1), “armed forces GP” means a medical practitioner who is employed on a contract of service by the Ministry of Defence, whether or not as a member of the armed forces of the Crown.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Sch. 3 para. 75(3) substituted (11.1.2024) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1421), regs. 1, 18(u)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 75 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(2)