The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Regulations 2018

Arrangements for GP registrars

28.—(1) The provider may only employ or engage a GP Registrar subject to the conditions in sub-paragraph (2).

(2) The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are that the provider must not, by reason only of having employed or engaged a GP Registrar, reduce the total number of hours for which other medical practitioners perform primary medical services under the agreement or for which other staff assist them in the performance of those services.

(3) A provider which employs or engages a GP Registrar must—

(a) offer the GP Registrar terms of employment in accordance with the rates and subject to the conditions contained in any directions given by the Scottish Ministers to NHS Education for Scotland(1) concerning the grants, fees travelling and other allowances payable to GP Registrars; and

(b) take into account any guidance issued by the Scottish Ministers in relation to the GP Registrar Scheme (2).

(1)

NHS Education for Scotland was constituted by S.S.I. 2002/103, as relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2006/79, which applies section 2(5) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 to NHS Education for Scotland as it applies to Health Boards.

(2)

The current guidance is PCS(GPR) 2009/1 which is available at http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/pcs/PCS2009(GPR)01.pdf as amended by PCS(GPR) 2011/1, which is available at http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/pcs/PCS2011(GPR)01.pdf as amended by PCS (GPR) 2015/1 which is available at http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.yk/pcs/PCS2015(GPR)01.pdf.