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15.—(1) The fostering service provider must promote the health and development of children placed with foster parents.
(2) In particular the fostering service provider must ensure that each child—
(a)is a registered patient with a general medical practitioner who provides primary medical services under Part 4 of the National Health Service Act 2006,
(b)has access to such medical, dental, nursing, psychological and psychiatric advice, treatment and other services as the child may require,
(c)is provided with such individual support, aids and equipment which the child may require as a result of any particular health needs or disability the child may have, and
(d)is provided with guidance, support and advice on health, personal care and health promotion issues appropriate to the child’s needs and wishes.
(3) In this regulation “general medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner whose name is included in the General Practitioner Register kept by the General Medical Council under section 34C of the Medical Act 1983(1).
1983 c. 54. Section 34C was inserted by paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2010/234.
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