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PART 5Contracts: Mandatory Terms

Services generally

20.  A contract must contain a term which requires the contractor in core hours—

(a)to provide—

(i)essential services, and

(ii)additional services funded under the global sum,

at such times, within core hours, as are appropriate to meet the reasonable needs of the contractor’s patients; and

(b)to have in place arrangements for the contractor’s patients to access such services throughout the core hours in case of emergency.