# The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015, Paragraph 2: Right to suspend a general medical services contract


(1) Where a contractor wishes to perform or provide primary medical services under an integrated care provider contract, the contractor must give notice in writing to NHS England of that intention in accordance with paragraph 4 and NHS England must agree to suspend the operation of the contractor’s general medical services contract in accordance with the requirements of, and subject to the conditions set out in, this Schedule.
(2) NHS England must not suspend the contractor’s contract until—
(a) the contractor has informed NHS England of the date on which the contractor intends to begin performing or, as the case may be, providing primary medical services under an integrated care provider contract; and
(b) NHS England has given notice in writing to each person on the contractor’s list of registered patients that—
(i) the contractor intends to perform or, as the case may be, provide primary medical services under an integrated care provider contract with effect from that date; and
(ii) the person will be transferred on to the list of registered service users of the integrated care provider on that date unless the person decides to register with another provider of primary medical services before that date.
(3) Where NHS England suspends the operation of a contractor’s general medical services contract, the contractor is released from any obligation to provide primary medical services under that contract to the contractor’s list of registered patients from the date on which that suspension takes effect.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1862/schedule/3A/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-contracts-regulations-2015/schedule-3A/paragraph-2
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