# The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992, Paragraph 30: Doctors available for only 4 days a week


(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), where the FHSA is satisfied that, by reason of a doctor’s participation in health-related activities (other than the provision of general medical services to his patients), he would be likely to suffer an unreasonable degree of inconvenience if paragraph 29(2)(a)(iii) applied in his case, it may give its approval for the doctor normally to be available on only 4 days in any week referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(a) of that paragraph.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), “health-related activities” means activities connected with—
(a) the organisation of the medical profession or the training of its members;
(b) the provision of medical care or treatment;
(c) the improvement of the quality of such care and treatment; or
(d) the administration of services under Part I of the Act or of arrangements pursuant to section 29 of the Act for the provision of general medical services,
and in determining whether any activity is a health-related activity, the FHSA shall have regard to the illustrative list in Part IV of Schedule 8.
(3) The FHSA shall not give its approval in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) if, in its opinion—
(a) the effectiveness of the doctor’s services to his patients is likely to be significantly reduced; or
(b) his patients are likely to suffer significant inconvenience,
by reason of the doctor having been relieved from the requirements of paragraph 29(2)(a)(iii).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/635/schedule/2/paragraph/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-regulations-1992/schedule-2/paragraph-30
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