# The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015, Regulation 54: Appraisal and assessment


(1) The contractor must ensure that any medical practitioner performing services under the contract—
(a) participates in the appraisal system provided by NHS England unless that medical practitioner participates in an appropriate appraisal system provided by another health service body or is an armed forces GP; and
(b) co-operates with NHS England in relation to NHS England’s patient safety functions.
(2) NHS England must provide an appraisal system for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) after consultation with the Local Medical Committee (if any) for the area in which the practitioner provides services under the contract and such other persons as appear to it to be appropriate.
(3) In paragraph (1), “armed forces GP” means a medical practitioner who is employed on a contract of service by the Ministry of Defence, whether or not as a member of the armed forces of the Crown.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1862/regulation/54 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-contracts-regulations-2015/regulation-54
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