# The Patient Rights (Treatment Time Guarantee) (Scotland) Regulations 2012, Regulation 10: Provision of information to patients


A Health Board must provide patients with clear and accurate information about how waiting time is calculated, and in particular a Health Board must inform patients of the consequences if they—
(a) are indefinitely unavailable for the agreed treatment;
(b) are unavailable for the agreed treatment for a known period;
(c) make a decision in accordance with regulation 4(2)(d);
(d) do not attend an agreed appointment for the agreed treatment (both where they have given reasonable notice to the Health Board, and where they have not);
(e) refuse two or more offers of an appointment for the agreed treatment;
(f) request to be treated in a different Health Board area in accordance with regulation 9.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2012/9780111016152/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-patient-rights-treatment-time-guarantee-scotland-regulations-2012/regulation-10
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