The National Health Service (Personal Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2001

Patients

2.  An agreement shall provide that the patients in respect of whom personal medical services are to be provided in accordance with arrangements made under an agreement are–

(a) persons included in any performer’s list;

(b) persons included in a pooled list operated under the agreement;

(c) persons accepted for inclusion in a list referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) or (b);

(d) for the limited period specified in paragraph 8 of Schedule 3, persons who have been refused acceptance for inclusion in a list referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) or (b) of this paragraph;

(e) persons who have been assigned to a performer by a provider under regulation 5 of the Choice of Medical Practitioner Regulations;

(f) persons for whom the provider is obliged to provide personal medical services under regulation 5(6) of the Choice of Medical Practitioner Regulations, having been unable to assign them to a performer;

(g) persons accepted as temporary residents by a performer or the provider under the agreement;

(h) persons who would be eligible under the agreement for acceptance by a performer or the provider as temporary residents and to whom a performer has agreed to provide an immunisation;

(i) persons who would be eligible under the agreement for acceptance by a performer or the provider as temporary residents and for whom a performer or the provider has agreed to provide maternity medical services or contraceptive services, or in respect of whom a performer has agreed to take a cervical smear;

(j) for the limited period specified in paragraph 8 of Schedule 3, persons to whom a performer is required by virtue of sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of that paragraph to give treatment which is immediately required;

(k) persons by whom a performer is requested and agrees, in connection with his performance of personal medical services under the agreement, to give treatment which is immediately required owing to an accident or other emergency at any place in the area of the Health Board, provided that–

(i) there is no registered medical practitioner who, at the time of the request, is under an obligation (otherwise than by virtue of this paragraph or his terms of service) to give treatment to that person; or

(ii) there is such a registered medical practitioner but, after being requested to attend, that practitioner is unable to attend and give treatment immediately required; or

(iii) in the case of a performer, more than one such performer is under an obligation to give treatment and no such performer practising from the premises to which the request was made is able to attend and give treatment;

(l) in respect of child health surveillance services, minor surgery services, contraceptive services or maternity medical services, persons for whom a performer has undertaken to perform such services.