http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/865/article/10/made

The General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2004

National Health Service (NHS)

Care

Primary health care

General practitioners

Health care services and specialisms

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2016-09-29

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

This Order makes transitional and consequential provision arising from—the replacement on 1st April 2004 of arrangements for the provision of general medical services under section 29 of the National Health Service Act 1977 (“the 1977 Act”) with general medical services contracts under section 28Q of that Act (as inserted by section 175(1) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”); andthe abolition on 31st March 2004 of pilot schemes for personal medical services by section 178 of the 2003 Act and their replacement from 1st April 2004 with permanent arrangements for personal medical services under section 28C of the 1977 Act (personal medical or dental services).