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Article 57C General medical services contracts: paymentsF1

(1)

The Department may F2make a scheme providing for payments to be made under general medical services contracts.

(2)

A general medical services contract must require payments to be made under the contract in accordance with F3any scheme for the time being in force under this Article.

(3)

Without prejudice to the generality of the power under paragraph (1) F4a scheme under that paragraph may—

(a)

provide for payments to be made by reference to compliance with standards or the achievement of levels of performance;

(b)

provide for payments to be made by reference to—

(i)

F5any method of calculation or scale specified in the F6scheme ; or

(ii)

a determination made by any person in accordance with factors specified in the scheme ;

(c)

provide for the making of payments in respect of individual practitioners;

(d)

provide that the whole or any part of a payment is subject to conditions (and may provide that payments are payable by F7the Department only if it is satisfied as to certain conditions)

(e)

make provision having effect from a date before the date of the scheme , provided that, having regard to the scheme as a whole, the provision is not detrimental to the persons to whose remuneration it relates.

(4)

Before F8making a scheme under paragraph (1), the Department—

(a)

shall consult any body appearing to it to be representative of persons to whose remuneration the F9scheme would relate, and

(b)

may consult such other persons as it thinks appropriate.

(F104A)

The Department must publish a scheme under paragraph (1) in such manner as it thinks appropriate.

(5)

References in this Article to payments include fees, allowances, reimbursements, loans and repayments.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

2004 NI 2

F2

Words in art. 57C(1) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 25(2) (with Sch. 4 para. 4); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)

F3

Words in art. 57C(2) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 25(3) (with Sch. 4 para. 4); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)

F4

Words in art. 57C(3) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 25(4)(a) (with Sch. 4 para. 4); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)

F5

Words in art. 57C(3)(b)(i) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 25(4)(c) (with Sch. 4 para. 4); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)

F6

Word in art. 57C(3) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 25(4)(b) (with Sch. 4 para. 4); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)

F7

Words in art. 57C(3)(d) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 25(4)(d) (with Sch. 4 para. 4); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)

F8

Words in art. 57C(4) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 25(5)(a) (with Sch. 4 para. 4); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)

F9

Word in art. 57C(4)(a) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 25(5)(b) (with Sch. 4 para. 4); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)

F10

Art. 57C(4A) inserted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 25(6) (with Sch. 4 para. 4); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)