Paragraph 5 The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2004I1

England and Wales Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. para. 1 coming into force by Local Involvement Networks 2008 reg. 1(2)
Sch. para. 2 coming into force by Local Involvement Networks 2008 reg. 1(2)
Sch. para. 3 coming into force by Local Involvement Networks 2008 reg. 1(2)
Sch. para. 4 coming into force by Local Involvement Networks 2008 reg. 1(2)
Sch. para. 5 coming into force by Local Involvement Networks 2008 reg. 1(2)
Sch. para. 6 coming into force by Local Involvement Networks 2008 reg. 1(2)
Sch. para. 7 coming into force by Local Involvement Networks 2008 reg. 1(2)
Sch. para. 8 coming into force by Local Involvement Networks 2008 reg. 1(2)
Sch. para. 9 coming into force by Local Involvement Networks 2008 reg. 1(2)
Sch. para. 10 coming into force by Local Involvement Networks 2008 reg. 1(2)
Sch. para. 11 coming into force by Local Involvement Networks 2008 reg. 1(2)

(1)

The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2004^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1) omit the definition of “PCT Patients’ Forum”.

(3)

In Schedule 6 (other contractual terms)—

(a)

in paragraph 48(4)(e), in the substituted regulation 33(3) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2005^f2—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (f) omit “Patients’ Forum or” and “and”;

(ii)

after sub-paragraph (f) insert—

“(ff)
any relevant local involvement network; and”;

(iii)

after sub-paragraph (g) insert the following paragraph—

“(3A)
In this regulation—

(a)
“relevant local authority” means a local authority whose area falls, wholly or partly, within the area of the Primary Care Trust;

(b)
“relevant local involvement network” means a person who in pursuance of arrangements made by a relevant local authority under section 221(1) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 is to carry on activities specified in section 221(2) of that Act.”;

(b)

omit paragraphs 78 (requests for information from Patients’ Forums) and 90 (entry and inspection by members of Patients’ Forums).

Paragraph 5 The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2004I1

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