Regulation 19 Amendment of Schedule 15I1

England and Wales

(1)

Schedule 15 (definitions) is amended as follows.

(2)

In the appropriate place, insert the following new expressions:

(a)

“primary care network” and for the corresponding entry in Column 2 insert “a network of primary medical services contractors and other providers of services which has been approved by the National Health Service Commissioning Board, serving an identified geographical area^f1”;

(b)

“primary care network management company” and for the corresponding entry in Column 2 insert “a partnership or incorporated legal entity that is a party to a primary care network standard sub-contract and under which provides services to that network that are related to the management of that network”; and

(c)

“primary care network standard sub-contract” and for the corresponding entry in Column 2 insert “a sub-contract that complies with the National Health Service Commissioning Board’s template sub-contract, “Sub-contract for the provision of services related to the Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service 2022/23”^f2”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 19 in force at 1.4.2023, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: The Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service Contract Specification published on 31 March 2021, covering primary care networks is available at https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/network-contract-des-specification-2021-22 or hard copies are available from the Primary Care Strategy and NHS Contracts team, NHS England, Area 2D, Skipton House, 80 London Road, London, SE1 6LH.
f2: The subcontract for the provision of services related to the Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service 2022/23 published on 31 August 2022 is available at https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/subcontract-for-the-provision-of-services-related-to-the-network-contract-directed-enhanced-service-2022-23/ or hard copies are available from the Primary Care Strategy and NHS Contracts team, NHS England, Area 2D, Skipton House, 80 London Road, London, SE1 6LH.