# The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015, Paragraph 22: Patient preference of a practitioner


(1) Where the contractor has accepted an application made under paragraph 18, 20, 32D, 32E, 32F or 32G, the contractor must—
(a) give notice in writing to the person (or, in the case of a child or an adult who lacks capacity, to the person who made the application on the applicant's behalf) of that person's right to express a preference to receive services from a particular performer or class of performer either generally or in relation to any particular condition; and
(b) record in writing any such preference expressed by or on behalf of that person.
(2) The contractor must endeavour to comply with any reasonable preference expressed under sub-paragraph (1) but need not do so if the preferred performer—
(a) has reasonable grounds for refusing to provide services to the person who expressed the preference; or
(b) does not routinely perform the service in question within the contractor's practice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1862/schedule/3/paragraph/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-contracts-regulations-2015/schedule-3/paragraph-22
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