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Paragraph 5 Patients not seen within three years

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

Where a registered patient who—

(a)

has attained the age of 16 years but has not attained the age of 75 years; and

(b)

has attended neither a consultation with, nor a clinic provided by, the contractor within the period of three years prior to the date of his request,

requests a consultation the contractor shall, in addition and without prejudice to its other obligations in respect of that patient under the contract, provide such a consultation in the course of which it shall make such inquiries and undertake such examinations as appear to it to be appropriate in all the circumstances.