National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997

1. Introductory Text

2. Part I Pilot Schemes for Primary Care

   1. Preparation and making of pilot schemes

      1. 1. Pilot schemes.

      2. 2. Provision of personal medical services under a pilot scheme.

      3. 3. Provision of personal dental services under a pilot scheme.

      4. 4. Proposals for pilot schemes.

      5. 5. Approval of pilot schemes.

      6. 6. Making of pilot schemes.

   2. Reviews of pilot schemes

      1. 7. Reviews of pilot schemes.

   3. Variation and termination of pilot schemes

      1. 8. Variation and termination of pilot schemes.

   4. General

      1. 9. Relationship between this Part and the 1977 Act.

      2. 10. Relationship between this Part and the 1978 Act.

      3. 11. Medical practitioners to be suitably experienced.

      4. 12. Leaving medical lists.

      5. 13. Preferential treatment on transferring to medical lists.

      6. 14. Returning to fund-holding status.

      7. 15. Liabilities and obligations in relation to deputies.

      8. 16. NHS contracts.

      9. 17. The Dental Practice Boards.

   5. Financial provisions

      1. 18. Funding of preparatory work.

      2. 19. Fund-holding practices.

      3. 20. Charges for dental treatment.

3. Part II Primary Care

   1. Personal medical or dental services

      1. 21. Provision of personal medical or dental services.

      2. 22. Supplementary regulations.

      3. 23. Right to choose medical practitioner.

      4. 24. Right to choose dental practitioner.

      5. 25. Liabilities and obligations in relation to deputies.

      6. 26. Charges for dental treatment.

   2. Pharmaceutical services

      1. 27. Provision of additional pharmaceutical services.

      2. 28. Terms and conditions etc.

      3. 29. Authorised provision of pharmaceutical services by medical practitioners.

   3. Ophthalmic services

      1. 30. Duty of registered opticians to refer certain persons to registered medical practitioners.

   4. NHS contracts

      1. 31. Provision of certain services under NHS contracts.

   5. Medical lists and vacancies

      1. 32. Medical lists and vacancies: England and Wales.

      2. 33. Medical lists and vacancies: Scotland.

   6. Medical practices

      1. 34. Sale of medical practices.

      2. 35. Employment of pre-registration house officers in medical practices.

4. Part III Miscellaneous and Supplemental

   1. 36. Expenditure of Health Authorities.

   2. 37. Expenditure of Health Boards.

   3. 38. Corresponding provision for Northern Ireland.

   4. 39. Regulations and directions.

   5. 40. Interpretation.

   6. 41. Short title, commencement and extent, etc.

5. Schedules:

   1. Schedule 1

      Preferential Treatment on Transferring to Medical Lists.

   2. Schedule 2

      Amendments.

      1. Part I Minor and Consequential Amendments.

      2. Part II Pre-consolidation Amendments.

   3. Schedule 3

      Repeals and Revocations.

      1. Part I Repeals.

      2. Part II Pre-consolidation Repeals.

      3. Part III Revocations.