The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015

Removal from the list of patients absent from the United Kingdom etc.E+W

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29.—(1) [F1NHS England] must remove a person from a contractor's list of patients where it receives notice to the effect that the person—

(a)intends to be away from the United Kingdom for a period of at least three months;

(b)is in the armed forces of the Crown (except in the case of a patient to which paragraph 19 applies);

(c)is serving a term of imprisonment of more than two years or more than one term of imprisonment totalling, in the aggregate, more than two years;

(d)has been absent from the United Kingdom for a period of more than three months; or

(e)has died.

(2) The removal of a person from a contractor's list of patients under this paragraph takes effect from—

(a)where sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (c) applies—

(i)the date of the person's departure, enlistment or imprisonment, or

(ii)the date on which [F1NHS England] first receives notice of the person's departure, enlistment or imprisonment,

whichever is the later; or

(b)where sub-paragraph (1)(d) and (e) applies, the date on which [F1NHS England] is given notice of the person's absence or death.

(3) [F1NHS England] must give notice in writing to the contractor of the removal of any person from the contractor's list of patients under this paragraph.

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