National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002

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4(1)Section 29A (medical lists) is amended as provided in this paragraph.

(2)For subsection (1) there is substituted—

(1)A Primary Care Trust or Health Authority may not, under section 29, arrange with a medical practitioner for him to provide general medical services for persons in the area of the Trust or Authority unless his name is included in the medical list of the Trust or Authority.

(3)In subsection (2)—

(a)for “a Health Authority’s medical list” there is substituted “the medical list of a Primary Care Trust or Health Authority”, and

(b)in paragraph (b), after “of the” there is inserted “Trust or”.

(4)In subsection (3)(b), for “all Health Authorities' medical lists” there is substituted “the medical lists of all Primary Care Trusts and Health Authorities”.

(5)In subsection (4A), after “to a” there is inserted “Primary Care Trust or”.

(6)In subsection (6)—

(a)after “to a” there is inserted “Primary Care Trust or”, and

(b)after “by the” there is inserted “Trust or”.