SCHEDULE 7INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED IN ANNUAL REPORTS

Regulation 3(2) Schedule 1, paragraph 35

1

Particulars of the doctor’s other commitments as a medical practitioner, including—

a

a description of any posts held, and

b

a description of all works undertaken,

and including, in each case, the annual hourly commitment, except that where a doctor has notified the Board of such other commitments in a previous annual report, the report need only contain information relating to any changes in those commitments.

2

As respects orders for drugs and appliances, the doctor’s arrangements for the issue of repeat prescriptions to patients.

3

Information relating to the referral of patients to other services under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 during the period of the report—

a

as respects those by the doctor to specialists—

i

the total number of patients referred as in-patients;

ii

the total number of patients referred as out-patients;

by reference in each case to which clinical specialty applies, and specifying in each case the name of the hospital concerned; and

b

the total number of cases of which the doctor is aware (by reference to the clinical specialty) in which a patient referred himself to services under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.

4

Information relating to the numbers of patients on the doctor’s list—

a

who are diabetic;

b

who are asthmatic; and

c

to whom the doctor has given advice, in accordance with paragraph 11(2)(b) of Schedule 1, about—

i

the patient’s weight;

ii

the use of tobacco; or

iii

the consumption of alcohol.