The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Scotland) Regulations 2004

Appraisal and assessment

61.—(1) The contractor shall ensure that any medical practitioner performing services under the contract—

(a) participates in the appraisal system provided by the Health Board unless the practitioner participates in an appropriate appraisal system provided by another health service body or is an armed forces GP; and

(b) co-operates with any assessment process which the Health Board operates in relation to poorly performing doctors, as set out in NHS circular PCA(M)(2001)17(1).

(2) The Health Board shall provide an appraisal system for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a) after consultation with the area medical committee and such other persons as appear to it to be appropriate.

(3) In sub-paragraph (1)—

“armed forces GP” means a medical practitioner who is employed on a contract of service by the Ministry of Defence, whether or not as a member of the United Kingdom Armed Forces of Her Majesty; and

“health service body” does not include any person who is to be regarded as a health service body in accordance with regulation 10.

(1)

Copies of NHS Circular PCA(M) (2001)17 may be obtained in writing from the Scottish Executive Health Department, Primary Care Division, St Andrew’s House, Regent Road, Edinburgh, EH1 3DG.