Paragraph 18 Application for inclusion in a list of patients

F1Subject to sub-paragraph (1C), the contractor may, if the contractor's list of patients is open, accept an application for inclusion in that list made by or on behalf of any person whether or not that person is resident in the contractor's practice area or is included, at the time of the application, in the list of patients of another contractor or provider of primary medical services.

NHS England may, following consultation with the Local Medical Committee (if any) for the area in which the contractor provides services under the contract, determine that in certain circumstances NHS England’s approval is required before a contractor accepts an application for inclusion in its list of patients in respect of a patient who resides outside the contractor’s practice area.

Where NHS England has made a determination in accordance with sub-paragraph (1A) it must set out the circumstances in which its approval is required in a notice to the contractor.

Where NHS England has made a determination in accordance with sub-paragraph (1A), a contractor may only accept an application for inclusion in its list of patients in respect of a person who resides outside the contractor’s practice area in the circumstances set out in a notice given under sub-paragraph (1B) with NHS England’s approval.

If the contractor's list of patients is closed, the contractor may only accept an application for inclusion in that list made by or on behalf of a person who is an immediate family member of a registered patient whether or not that person is resident in the contractor's practice area or is included, at the time of the application, in the list of patients of another contractor or provider of primary medical services.

Subject to sub-paragraph (4), the contractor may only accept an application for inclusion in that list if it is—

The contractor must make available both application methods referred to in sub-paragraph (3).

An application may be made—

Where the contractor receives an application by the method referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(a), they must submit the information provided in the application via the online registration service referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(b), except where the contractor’s computerised clinical system does not facilitate interconnectivity with the online registration service supplied by NHS England.

Where a contractor accepts an application for inclusion in the contractor's list of patients, the contractor must give notice in writing to F5NHS England of that acceptance as soon as possible.

NHS England must, on receipt of a notice given under sub-paragraph (5)—

This paragraph is subject to Part 2A.