{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-contracts-regulations-2015/regulation-77",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-contracts-regulations-2015/regulation-77.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1862",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-contracts-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/77",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "77",
  "heading": "Annual return and review",
  "text": "(1) The contractor must submit to NHS England an annual return relating to the contract which must require the same categories of information to be provided by all persons who hold contracts with NHS England and make available to NHS England a digital practice area map , for approval by NHS England.\n(2) NHS England may request a return relating to the contract at any time during each financial year in relation to such period (not including any period covered by a previous annual return) as may be specified in the request.\n(3) The contractor must submit the completed return and make available the digital practice area map to NHS England —\n(a) by a date which has been agreed as reasonable between the contractor and NHS England; or\n(b) in the absence of such agreement, before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the request was made.\n(4) Following receipt of the return referred to in paragraph (1), NHS England must arrange with the contractor an annual review of its performance in relation to the contract.\n(5) The contractor or NHS England may, if desired, invite the Local Medical Committee (if any) for the area in which the contractor is providing services under the contract to participate in the annual review.\n(6) NHS England must prepare a draft record of the review referred to in paragraph (4) for comment by the contractor and, having regard to such comments, must produce a final written record of the review.\n(7) NHS England must send a copy of the final record of the review referred to in paragraph (6) to the contractor.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Regulations substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 77(1) inserted (27.5.2024) by The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services and Performers Lists) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/575), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 77(1) inserted (15.6.2026) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/532), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 77(3) inserted (27.5.2024) by The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services and Performers Lists) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/575), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1862/regulation/77",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:30:48.208183+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}