The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Scotland) Regulations 2018

Clinical reports

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6.—(1) Where the contractor provides any clinical services, other than under a private arrangement, to a patient who is not on the contractor’s list of patients, the contractor must, as soon as reasonably practicable, provide a clinical report relating to the consultation, and any treatment provided, to the Health Board.

(2) The Health Board must send any report received under sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)to the person with whom the patient is registered for the provision of essential services or their equivalent; or

(b)if the person referred to in paragraph (a) is not known to it, to the Health Board in whose area the patient is resident.