# The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015, Paragraph 29: Removal from the list of patients absent from the United Kingdom etc.


(1) NHS England must remove a person from a contractor's list of patients where it receives notice to the effect that the person—
(a) intends to be away from the United Kingdom for a period of at least three months;
(b) is in the armed forces of the Crown (except in the case of a patient to which paragraph 19 applies);
(c) is serving a term of imprisonment of more than two years or more than one term of imprisonment totalling, in the aggregate, more than two years;
(d) has been absent from the United Kingdom for a period of more than three months; or
(e) has died.
(2) The removal of a person from a contractor's list of patients under this paragraph takes effect from—
(a) where sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (c) applies—
(i) the date of the person's departure, enlistment or imprisonment, or
(ii) the date on which NHS England first receives notice of the person's departure, enlistment or imprisonment,
whichever is the later; or
(b) where sub-paragraph (1)(d) and (e) applies, the date on which NHS England is given notice of the person's absence or death.
(3) NHS England must give notice in writing to the contractor of the removal of any person from the contractor's list of patients under this paragraph.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1862/schedule/3/paragraph/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-contracts-regulations-2015/schedule-3/paragraph-29
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