The National Health Service (Choice of Medical Practitioner) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2001

Amendment of regulation 8 of the principal Regulations

9.—(1) Regulation 8 of the principal Regulations (transfer of doctors between provision of general medical services and performance of personal medical services) is amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In paragraph (2) after “personal medical services” where it first occurs there is inserted “under a pilot scheme agreement”.

(3) After paragraph (2) there is added–

“(3) Where a person has chosen a doctor from whom he is to receive personal medical services under a PMS agreement and–

(a) his name is included in the list of that doctor; or

(b) he has been accepted for inclusion of his name in that list,

he shall, subject to regulation 3(1) and his right to withdraw from the list of a doctor under regulation 10(1) of the PMS Regulations, continue to be included in the list of his chosen doctor notwithstanding that the doctor ceases to perform personal medical services if the doctor immediately starts to provide general medical services by virtue of an arrangement made with him by the Health Board or primary care NHS trust which was a party to the pilot scheme agreement in connection with which he previously performed personal medical services.”