Regulation 24 Disclosure of information

(1)

The Local Health Board may disclose information about a practitioner supplied to it or acquired by it under these Regulations to any of the following—

(a)

the Welsh Ministers,

(b)

any other Local Health Board or equivalent body—

(i)

which has the practitioner in any of its performers lists,

(ii)

which is considering an application from the practitioner for inclusion in any of its lists, or

(iii)

in whose area the practitioner performs the services in question,

(c)

the Scottish Executive,

(d)

the Secretary of State,

(e)

the Northern Ireland Executive,

(f)

NHS Resolution,

(g)

the relevant body or any other appropriate regulatory body,

(h)

any organisation or employer which, to the knowledge of the Local Health Board, is employing the practitioner or using the practitioner’s services in a professional capacity or considering doing so,

(i)

any partnership, which provides primary services, of which, to the knowledge of the Local Health Board, the practitioner is a member, or which is considering inviting the practitioner to become a member, and

(j)

where an allegation of fraud is being considered, the NHS Counter Fraud Authority.

(2)

The Local Health Board must disclose to the Welsh Ministers any information supplied to it or acquired by it under these Regulations that the Welsh Ministers may from time-to-time request.