Conditions for employment and engagement
22.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), a provider must not employ or engage a medical practitioner (other than one falling within paragraph 18(2)) unless—
(a)that practitioner has provided the provider with the name and address of the Health Boards on whose primary medical services performers lists the practitioner appears; and
(b)the provider has checked that the practitioner meets the requirements in paragraph 18.
(2) Where the employment or engagement of a medical practitioner is urgently needed and it is not possible for the provider to check the matters referred to in paragraph 18 in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(b) before employing or engaging that practitioner, the practitioner may be employed or engaged on a temporary basis for a single period of up to 7 days whilst such checks are undertaken.
(3) Where the prospective employee is a GP Registrar, the requirements set out in sub-paragraph (1) must apply with the modifications that—
(a)the name and address provided under sub-paragraph (1) may be the name and address of the Health Boards on whose primary medical services performers lists the GP Registrar Scheme Guidance has applied for inclusion; and
(b)confirmation that the GP Registrar’s name appears on those lists will not be required until the end of the first two months of the GP Registrar’s training period.
(4) The provider may only offer employment to a general medical practitioner on terms and conditions which are no less favourable than those contained in the “Model terms and conditions of service for a salaried general practitioner employed by a GMS practice” published by the British Medical Association and the NHS Confederation as item 1.2 of the supplementary documents to the GMS contract 2003(1).
This document is published jointly by the General Practitioners committee of the British Medical Association and the NHS Confederation. This document is available at: http://bma.org.uk/sessionalgps. Hard copies may be requested from The British Medical Association, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP.