PART VIGENERAL HEALTH SERVICES

F1 General medical services contracts

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General medical services contracts: payments57C

1

The Department may F2make a scheme providing for payments to be made under general medical services contracts.

2

A general medical services contract must require payments to be made under the contract in accordance with F3any scheme for the time being in force under this Article.

3

Without prejudice to the generality of the power under paragraph (1) F4a scheme under that paragraph may—

a

provide for payments to be made by reference to compliance with standards or the achievement of levels of performance;

b

provide for payments to be made by reference to—

i

F6any method of calculation or scale specified in the F5scheme ; or

ii

a determination made by any person in accordance with factors specified in the F5scheme ;

c

provide for the making of payments in respect of individual practitioners;

d

provide that the whole or any part of a payment is subject to conditions (and may provide that payments are payable by F7the Department only if it is satisfied as to certain conditions)

e

make provision having effect from a date before the date of the F5scheme , provided that, having regard to the F5scheme as a whole, the provision is not detrimental to the persons to whose remuneration it relates.

4

Before F8making a scheme under paragraph (1), the Department—

a

shall consult any body appearing to it to be representative of persons to whose remuneration the F9scheme would relate, and

b

may consult such other persons as it thinks appropriate.

F104A

The Department must publish a scheme under paragraph (1) in such manner as it thinks appropriate.

5

References in this Article to payments include fees, allowances, reimbursements, loans and repayments.