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The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Scotland) Regulations 2018

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Co-operation with investigations

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88.—(1) The contractor must co-operate with—

(a)any investigation of a complaint in relation to any matter reasonably connected with the provision of services under the contract undertaken by—

(i)the Health Board; or

(ii)the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman;

(b)any investigation of a complaint by a NHS body or local authority which relates to a patient or former patient of the contractor.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1)—

“NHS body” means, in Scotland, any Health Board or Special Health Board or the Agency, in England and Wales, the National Health Service Commissioning Board(1) or a Local Health Board, and, in Northern Ireland a Health and Social Care trust or Regional Health and Social Care Board;

“local authority” means—

(a)

a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (constitution of councils)(2);

(b)

any of the bodies listed in section 1 of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (local authorities)(3);

(c)

the Council of the Isles of Scilly; or

(d)

a council of a county or county borough in Wales.

(3) The co-operation required by sub-paragraph (1) includes—

(a)answering questions reasonably put to the contractor by the NHS body, local authority or Scottish Public Services Ombudsman;

(b)providing any information relating to the complaint reasonably required by the NHS body, local authority or Scottish Public Services Ombudsman; and

(c)attending any meeting to consider the complaint (if held at a reasonably accessible place and at a reasonable hour, and due notice has been given) if the contractor’s presence at the meeting is reasonably required by the NHS body, local authority or Scottish Public Services Ombudsman.

(1)

Established under section 1H of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c.41). Section 1H was inserted by section 9(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7)- and was amended by S.I. 2012/1831.

(2)

1994 c.39. Section 2 was amended by paragraph 232(1) of the Environment Act 1995 (c.25).

(3)

1970 c.42. Section 1 was amended by S.I. 2016/413.

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