Amendments to the Schedule (Designated Bodies)
6.—(1) Part 2 of the Schedule (designated bodies which employ or contract with medical practitioners) to the 2010 Regulations is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph 20(b) substitute—
“(b)locum agencies in England and Wales which supply medical locums under the Framework Agreement for the supply of locum doctors (including locum general practitioners) to NHS bodies and the wider public sector(1).”.
(3) After paragraph 25 insert—
“25A. Any organisation engaged in providing the services of medical practitioners to work as resident medical officers in independent hospitals.
25B. Any organisation engaged in providing medical defence services to medical practitioners in respect of claims for medical negligence or professional misconduct.
25C. Ambulance Trusts.
25D. The British College of Aesthetic Medicine.
25E. The Faculty of Homeopathy.”.
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