# The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2004, Paragraph 32: Assignment of patients to lists: open lists


(1) A Primary Care Trust may, subject to paragraph 34, assign a new patient to a contractor whose list of patients is open.
(2) In this paragraph and in paragraphs 33 and 35 to 37, a “new” patient means a person who—
(a) is resident (whether or not temporarily) within the area of the Primary Care Trust;
(b) has been refused inclusion in a list of patients of, or has not been accepted as a temporary resident by, a contractor whose premises are within such an area; and
(c) wishes to be included in the list of patients of a contractor whose practice premises are within that area.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/291/schedule/6/paragraph/32 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-contracts-regulations-2004/schedule-6/paragraph-32
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