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(4) Regulations making provision as to the matters referred to in subsection (3)(k) may in particular authorise the disclosure of information—
(a) by a Health Board to the Scottish Ministers; and
(b) by the Scottish Ministers to a Health Board.”
(3) In section 29 (the NHS Tribunal)—
(a) in subsection (6), after “list” in the second place where it occurs insert—
“(a) in relation to a list referred to in subsection (8)(a), perform or undertake to provide;
(b) in relation to any other list referred to in subsection (8),”,
(b) for paragraphs (a) and (aa) of subsection (8) substitute—
“(a) a list of health care professionals of a prescribed description performing primary medical services;”,
(c) after that subsection insert—
“(8A) In subsection (8)(a), “health care professional” has the same meaning as in section 17D.”
After section 17P (as inserted by section 5 above) insert—
(1) A Health Board may provide assistance and support to—
(a) any person providing, or proposing to provide, primary medical services under a general medical services contract;
(b) any person providing, or proposing to provide, such services in accordance with section 17C arrangements.
(2) Assistance and support provided by a Health Board under subsection (1) is to be provided on such terms, including terms as to payment, as the Board think fit.
(3) In this section, “assistance” includes financial assistance.”
(1) The Scottish Ministers may by order made by statutory instrument make such incidental, supplemental, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision as they consider necessary or expedient for the purposes, or in consequence, of this Act, including provision in consequence of changes to the law applicable to Northern Ireland corresponding to the changes made to the 1978 Act by this Act.
(2) An order under this section may—
(a) make different provision for different purposes,
(b) modify any enactment, instrument or document.
(3) An order under this section making provision in respect of persons who, immediately before the coming into force of section 4 are providing services under section 19 of the 1978 Act (general medical services), may make provision in respect of a period beginning before the coming into force of the provision (or of section 4), provided that the provision is not as a whole detrimental to the remuneration of the persons to whom it relates.
(4) An order under this section (except where subsection (5) applies) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
(5) No order under this section—
(a) containing provisions which add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act,
(b) making provision referred to in subsection (3),
is to be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.
The schedule makes modifications of enactments in consequence of this Act.
(1) The provisions of this Act, except section 7 and this section, come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.
(2) Different days may be appointed under this section for different purposes.
(3) This Act may be cited as the Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004.
(introduced by section 8)
1 (1) The 1978 Act is amended as follows.
(2) In section 15(1)(a) (supply of goods and services to local authorities etc.)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (i), for “general medical,” substitute “primary medical services under a general medical services contract or”,
(b) in sub-paragraph (ii), for “personal medical services” substitute “primary medical services”.
(3) In section 17D(2), after the definition of “section 28C arrangements” the word “and” is repealed.
(4) Sections 17EA (services lists in relation to section 17C arrangements etc. for personal medical services) and 17EB (application for inclusion in list) are repealed.
(5) Section 17F (right to choose medical practitioner in relation to primary medical services) is repealed.
(6) In section 17I (making available by Scottish Ministers of accommodation for use in connection with section 17C arrangements), for “personal medical services” substitute “primary medical services”.
(7) Sections 19 (arrangements etc. in relation to general medical services) to 23 (refusal of application: provision of services adequate) and 24A (liabilities and obligations in relation to deputies) to 24C (application for inclusion in supplementary list) are repealed.
(8) In section 28(1) (persons authorised to provide pharmaceutical services), for “general medical services” substitute “primary medical services under Part 1”.
(9) In section 28A(1) (remuneration for provision of Part II services), the words “general medical services,” are repealed.
(10) In section 28B(6) (Part II remuneration: supplementary), for “sections 19(3) and” substitute “section”.
(11) In section 28C(3) (indemnity cover)—
(a) in the definition of “list”, for “29” substitute “29(8)(b) to (e)”,
(b) in the definition of “Part II services”, the words “general medical services,” are repealed.
(12) In section 29A (NHS Tribunal: supplementary), subsection (3A) is repealed.
(13) In section 29B(2) (powers of NHS Tribunal)—
(a) in paragraph (a)—
(i) sub-paragraph (i) and the succeeding “and”, and
(ii) in sub-paragraph (ii), the words “in any other case,”
are repealed,
(b) in paragraph (b), for sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) substitute “in all lists within the same paragraph of section 29(8) as that list.”
(14) In section 35 (sale of medical practices)—
(a) in subsection (1)—
(i) in paragraph (a) after “1972 or” insert “(prior to its repeal) section 19 of”,
(ii) in paragraph (b), at the end insert “(prior to the coming into force of section 2C)”,
(iii) after that paragraph insert “or
(c) provided or performed primary medical services in accordance with section 17C arrangements or arrangements under section 2C(2) or under a general medical services contract—
(i) in prescribed circumstances; or
(ii) if regulations so provide, in all circumstances,”,
(b) in subsection (2), in the definition of “relevant area”—
(i) after “by arrangement” insert “or contract”,
(ii) for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute “provided or performed services as specified in subsection (1)”.
(15) Section 40(2) (vaccination and immunisation) is repealed.
(16) In section 85AA (means of meeting expenditure of Health Boards out of public funds), in subsection (4)—
(a) in paragraph (a)(ii), for “to (d)” substitute “or (c)”,
(b) paragraph (d) is repealed.
(17) In section 108 (interpretation)—
(a) after the definition of “functions”, insert—
““general medical services contract” has the meaning given in section 17J(2);”,
(b) the definitions of “medical list” and “personal medical services” are repealed,
(c) after the definition of “prescribed” insert—
““primary medical services” is to be construed in accordance with section 2C(5);”,
(d) the definitions of “services list” and “supplementary list” are repealed.
2 (1) The National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 1 (pilot schemes)—
(a) subsection (1)(a) and the succeeding “or” are repealed,
(b) in subsection (2), the words from “personal medical services”, where they first occur, to “services or” are repealed,
(c) in subsection (3)—
(i) in paragraph (a), the words “personal medical services or” are repealed,
(ii) in paragraph (b), after “which” insert “(not being primary medical services)”,
(d) in subsection (5), paragraph (a) is repealed,
(e) in subsection (8), for the definition of “personal medical services” substitute—
““primary medical services” has the same meaning as for the purposes of Part I of the 1978 Act;”.
(3) Section 2 (pilot schemes for provision of personal medical services) is repealed.
(4) In section 5 (approval of pilot schemes for provision of personal medical services etc.), subsections (4) and (7) are repealed.
(5) Sections 11 to 13 (medical practitioners to be suitably experienced and lists) and 15 (liabilities and obligations in relation to deputies) are repealed.
(6) Section 23(2) (right to choose medical practitioner in relation to primary medical services) is repealed.
(7) Section 33 (medical lists and vacancies for medical practitioners) is repealed.
(8) In section 40(2) (interpretation), the definitions of “medical list” and “personal medical services” are repealed.
(9) Schedule 1 (preferential treatment on transferring to medical lists) is repealed.
(10) In Schedule 2 (amendments of enactments)—
(a) paragraphs 37 and 39 to 41 are repealed,
(b) paragraph 57, in so far as providing for a definition of “personal medical services”, is repealed.
3 (1) The Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 is amended as follows.
(2) Section 18 (services lists and supplementary lists) is repealed.
(3) In schedule 2 (amendment of enactments), in paragraph 2—
(a) sub-paragraph (3) is repealed,
(b) sub-paragraph (12), in so far as providing for a definition of “medical list”, is repealed.
4 (1) The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 is amended as follows.
(2) In schedule 2 (listed authorities), in paragraph 5—
(a) for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a) a person (whether an individual or a body) providing primary medical services under a general medical services contract (within the meaning of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978) or general dental services under Part II of that Act,”,
(b) in sub-paragraph (c), for “personal medical services” substitute “primary medical services”.
(3) In schedule 4 (matters which Ombudsman must not investigate), in paragraph 14, for “19” substitute “17P”.
5 In Part 4 (The National Health Service) of schedule 1 (Scottish public authorities) to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002—
(a) in paragraph 33—
(i) for “general medical services,” substitute “primary medical services under a general medical services contract (within the meaning of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978) or”,
(ii) for “the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978” substitute “that Act”,
(b) in paragraph 34, for “personal medical services” substitute “primary medical services”.
Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004