# National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, Section 17Q: Assistance and support (1) A Health Board may provide assistance and support toβ€” (a) any person providing, or proposing to provide, primary medical services under a general medical services contract; (b) any person providing, or proposing to provide, such services in accordance with section 17C arrangements. (2) Assistance and support provided by a Health Board under subsection (1) is to be provided on such terms, including terms as to payment, as the Board think fit. (3) In this section, β€œ assistance ” includes financial assistance. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/29/section/17Q (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/section-17Q Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.