- Latest available (Revised)
- Original (As made)
The National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 2015
You are here:
What Version
Advanced Features
- Show Geographical Extent(e.g. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
- Show Timeline of Changes
More Resources
Changes over time for: Paragraph 10
Alternative versions:
Changes to legislation:
The National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 2015, Paragraph 10 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 22 May 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Changes to Legislation
Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Instrument associated Parts and Chapters:
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Instrument (including any effects on those provisions):
- Sch. 2 para. 3(3)(4) inserted by S.I. 2024/575 Sch. 2 para. 7(a)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 5(4)(c) inserted by S.I. 2024/575 Sch. 2 para. 8(b)(iii)
- Sch. 2 para. 10B and cross-heading inserted by S.I. 2024/575 Sch. 2 para. 9
- Sch. 2 para. 17(3)(3A) substituted for Sch. 2 para. 17(3) by S.I. 2024/575 Sch. 2 para. 10
- reg. 21AA(10)(a)(b) words in reg. 21AA(10) renumbered as reg. 21AA(10)(a)(b) by S.I. 2023/436 Sch. 2 para. 3(2) (This amendment not applied to Legislation.gov.uk - S.I. 2023/436 revoked by S.I. 2023/449, reg. 4 immediately before coming into force.)
- reg. 21AA(11)(a)(i)(ii) words in reg. 21AA(11)(a) renumbered as reg. 21AA(11)(a)(i)(ii) by S.I. 2023/436 Sch. 2 para. 3(3)(a) (This amendment not applied to Legislation.gov.uk - S.I. 2023/436 revoked by S.I. 2023/449, reg. 4 immediately before coming into force.)
- reg. 59C(1A) inserted by S.I. 2024/575 Sch. 2 para. 3(b)
Duty of co-operationE+W
This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum
10.—(1) Where a contractor does not provide to its registered patients or to persons whom it has accepted as temporary residents—
(a)a particular service [F1, except in relation to one provided under the Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service Scheme which is a scheme provided for by direction 5 of the Primary Medical Services (Directed Enhanced Services) Directions 2019]; or
(b)out of hours services, either at all or in respect of some periods or some services,
the contractor must comply with the requirements specified in sub-paragraph (2).
(2) The requirements specified in this sub-paragraph are that the contractor must—
(a)co-operate in so far as is reasonable with any person responsible for the provision of that service or those services;
(b)comply in core hours with any reasonable request for information from such a person or from [F2NHS England] relating to the provision of that service or those services; and
(c)in the case of out of hours services—
(i)take reasonable steps to ensure that any patient who contacts the contractor's practice F3... during the out of hours period is provided with information about how to obtain services during that period;
(ii)ensure that the clinical details of all out of hours consultations received from the out of hours provider are reviewed by a clinician within the contractor's practice on the same working day as those details are received by the practice or, exceptionally, on the next working day;
(iii)ensure that any information requests received from the out of hours provider in respect of any out of hours consultations are responded to by a clinician within the contractor's practice on the same day as those requests are received by the practice, or on the next working day;
(iv)take all reasonable steps to comply with any systems which the out of hours provider has in place to ensure the rapid, secure and effective transmission of patient data in respect of out of hours consultations; and
(v)agree with the out of hours provider a system for the rapid, secure and effective transmission of information about registered patients who, due to chronic disease or terminal illness, are predicted as more likely to present themselves for treatment during the out of hours period.
(3) Nothing in this paragraph requires a contractor whose agreement does not include the provision of out of hours services to make itself available during the out of hours period.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 2 para. 10(1)(a) inserted (1.10.2019) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1137), regs. 1(2), 27
F2Words in Regulations substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1
Options/Help
Print Options
PrintThe Whole Instrument
PrintThe Whole Schedule
PrintThe Whole Part
PrintThis Section only
You have chosen to open The Whole Instrument
The Whole Instrument you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.
Would you like to continue?
You have chosen to open The Whole Instrument as a PDF
The Whole Instrument you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.
Would you like to continue?
You have chosen to open the Whole Instrument
The Whole Instrument you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.
Would you like to continue?
Legislation is available in different versions:
Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.
Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.
See additional information alongside the content
Geographical Extent: Indicates the geographical area that this provision applies to. For further information see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’.
Show Timeline of Changes: See how this legislation has or could change over time. Turning this feature on will show extra navigation options to go to these specific points in time. Return to the latest available version by using the controls above in the What Version box.
Opening Options
Different options to open legislation in order to view more content on screen at once
Explanatory Memorandum
Explanatory Memorandum sets out a brief statement of the purpose of a Statutory Instrument and provides information about its policy objective and policy implications. They aim to make the Statutory Instrument accessible to readers who are not legally qualified and accompany any Statutory Instrument or Draft Statutory Instrument laid before Parliament from June 2004 onwards.
More Resources
Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
- the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
- lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
- confers power and blanket amendment details
- all formats of all associated documents
- correction slips
- links to related legislation and further information resources
Timeline of Changes
This timeline shows the different points in time where a change occurred. The dates will coincide with the earliest date on which the change (e.g an insertion, a repeal or a substitution) that was applied came into force. The first date in the timeline will usually be the earliest date when the provision came into force. In some cases the first date is 01/02/1991 (or for Northern Ireland legislation 01/01/2006). This date is our basedate. No versions before this date are available. For further information see the Editorial Practice Guide and Glossary under Help.
More Resources
Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
- the original print PDF of the as made version that was used for the print copy
- correction slips
Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including:
- lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
- confers power and blanket amendment details
- all formats of all associated documents
- links to related legislation and further information resources
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.