The National Health Service (Performers Lists) (England) Regulations 2013

Application for inclusion in the medical performers list E+W

26.—(1) In addition to satisfying the requirements of regulation 4, an application by a medical practitioner for inclusion in the medical performers list must satisfy the requirements of this regulation.

(2) The medical practitioner must [F1 , subject to paragraph (7)]—

(a) provide details of the medical practitioner's medical qualifications, details of where they were obtained and evidence of them;

(b) provide a declaration that the medical practitioner is a licensed medical practitioner whose name is included—

(i) in the case of a GP Registrar, in the register of medical practitioners, or

(ii) in any other case, in both registers;

(c) provide the medical practitioner's professional registration number and dates of first registration—

(i) in the case of a GP Registrar, in the register of medical practitioners, or

(ii) in any other case, in both registers;

(d) in relation to the medical practitioner's professional experience provided under regulation 4(2)(e), separate that information into—

(i) general practice experience,

(ii) hospital appointments, and

(iii) other experience,

with full supporting particulars of that experience;

(e) if the medical practitioner is a GP Registrar, provide the name and practice address of the medical practitioner's GP Trainer;

(f) confirm whether the medical practitioner is a contractor under a general medical services contract or provides primary medical services in accordance with section 92 arrangements;

[F2 (fa) confirm whether the medical practitioner provides primary medical services under, or pursuant to, an APMS contract or an integrated care provider contract;]

(g) confirm whether the medical practitioner is a contractor under a general medical services contract or provides primary medical services in accordance with section 92 arrangements for more than one scheme and, if so, which schemes and which of those schemes is the relevant scheme; and

(h) confirm whether the medical practitioner is an armed forces GP and, if so, whether the medical practitioner is a Type 1 or a Type 2 armed forces GP.

(3) The medical practitioner must give the following undertakings—

(a) if the medical practitioner is a GP Registrar, unless that medical practitioner has an acquired right under article 6(6) of the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Order of Council 2010 (persons with acquired rights) M1 —

(i) not to perform any primary medical services except when acting for and under the supervision of the medical practitioner's GP Trainer,

(ii) to withdraw from the medical performers list if any of the events listed in paragraph (4) takes place, except in situations where paragraph (5) applies, and

(iii) to provide [F3 NHS England] with evidence of the medical practitioner's inclusion in the GP Register within 28 days of the medical practitioner's inclusion in that register;

(b) if the medical practitioner is a contractor under a general medical services contract, to comply with the requirements of [F4 regulation 93 of the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015]; and

(c) if the medical practitioner is not a contractor under a general medical services contract, to comply with the requirements referred to in sub-paragraph (b) as though the medical practitioner were such a contractor.

(4) The events to which this paragraph applies are—

(a) the conclusion of any period of general practice training required by section 34J of the Medical Act 1983 (minimum requirements for general practice training) M2 , unless it forms part of a foundation training scheme which has not yet been completed by the medical practitioner;

(b) the failure to complete satisfactorily any period of general practice training within the meaning of section 34J of the Medical Act 1983 (minimum requirements for general practice training); and

(c) the completion of a foundation training scheme.

(5) A medical practitioner is not required to withdraw from the medical performers list under paragraph (3)(a)(ii) if, in compliance with the undertaking given under paragraph (3)(a)(iii), the medical practitioner provides [F3 NHS England] with evidence of the medical practitioner's inclusion in the GP Register within 28 days of the medical practitioner's first inclusion in that register.

(6) The provision of evidence of inclusion in the GP Register in accordance with an undertaking given under paragraph (3)(a)(iii) is to constitute notice for the purposes of regulation 19(1).

[F5 (7) This regulation applies to an application made by a returning practitioner as if paragraph (2)(a), (b) and (d) were omitted.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 26(2) inserted (18.9.2023) by The National Health Service (Performers Lists) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/828), regs. 1(1), 17(a)

F2 Reg. 26(2)(fa) inserted (1.4.2019) by The Amendments Relating to the Provision of Integrated Care Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/248), regs. 1(1), 23

F3 Words in Instrument substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1

F4 Words in reg. 26(3)(b) substituted (7.12.2015) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1862), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 7 (with reg. 2)

F5 Reg. 26(7) inserted (18.9.2023) by The National Health Service (Performers Lists) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/828), regs. 1(1), 17(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2010/473.

M2 Section 34J was inserted by S.I. 2010/234.