The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992

means a summons to the doctor by a midwife or on behalf of the patient to attend when medical attention is required urgently by a woman or her baby during pregnancy, labour or the post-natal period, as defined in regulation 31(7).

means a delivery of a baby which does require active intervention by a doctor;

means a clinic where a woman’s pregnancy is monitored by or on behalf of a doctor and appropriate care provided;

means the duration of a woman’s pregnancy until the onset of labour and “post-natal period” means the period of 14 days following the conclusion of a pregnancy.

means an appliance which is included in a list for the time being approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 41 of the Act;

includes contraceptive appliances.

means a doctor who is acting as an assistant to a doctor on the medical list;

means, in relation to a doctor, available to provide general medical services to his patients, and for the purposes of calculating the time at which a doctor is to be regarded as available— and “availability” shall be construed accordingly.

means the figure produced by dividing the number of kilograms in the patient’s weight by the square of the number of metres in his height.

means a chemical reagent which is included in a list for the time being approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 41 of the Act;

has the same meaning as in the Pharmaceutical Regulations;

means a person who has not attained the age of 16 years;

means the personal medical services described in regulation 28(2) and in Schedule 4;

means a doctor engaged by a hospital or hospitals as a consultant in the specialty of obstetrics.

has the same meaning as in regulation 3(1)(c);

means any person or body carrying on a business which is concerned with the provision of a deputy or deputies for doctors for periods which do not normally exceed 48 hours;

means a person to whom a doctor has, under paragraph 19, delegated the treatment of his patient;

means a registered medical practitioner;

means a visit by a doctor either to the place where the patient resides or to the place, other than the doctor’s practice premises, where the doctor is obliged, pursuant to paragraph 13 of the terms of service, to render personal medical services to the patient;

includes medicine;

means the statement published under regulation 18 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations;

includes contraceptive substances and “appliances” includes contraceptive appliances.

means a body of that name established by the Secretary of State under section 10(1) of the Act;

means a Family Health Services Authority;

means an association of not less than two doctors both or all of whom— (a) have their names included in an FHSA’s medical list;

means premises where practice is wholly or mainly carried on by a group practice.

means the Health Committee of the General Medical Council constituted under section 1(3) of the Medical Act 1983;

means activities connected with— and in determining whether any activity is a health-related activity, the FHSA shall have regard to the illustrative list in Part IV of Schedule 8.

means the local directory of family doctors maintained by an FHSA pursuant to regulation 8;

means a committee recognised under section 44 of the Act as being representative of medical practitioners in a locality;

means the locality for which an FHSA is established;

means a hospital or that part of a hospital which specialises in the provision of care to a woman during her pregnancy, labour and the post-natal period;

means a card issued by an FHSA to a person for the purpose of enabling him to obtain, or establishing his title to receive, general medical services, other than contraceptive services, maternity medical services, child health surveillance services and minor surgery services;

means a doctor in the service of the Department of Social Security or, as the case may be, of the Welsh Office;

means the committee constituted in accordance with section 7 of the Act;

means, in relation to any patient, the records maintained in respect of that patient pursuant to paragraph 36 of the terms of service;

means the personal medical services described in regulation 33 and in Schedule 6;

means a delivery of a baby which does not require active intervention by a doctor;

means a doctor undertaking post-graduate training in obstetrics in a hospital under the supervision of a consultant obstetrician;

means the use of the skills required of a doctor supervising and caring for a woman’s health during her pregnancy, labour and the post-natal period;

includes, in relation to any child, any adult person who, in the opinion of the doctor, is for the time being discharging in respect of that child the obligations normally attaching to a parent in respect of his child;

has the same meaning as in paragraph 4 of the terms of service;

means the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1992;

means a clinic where an assessment is made by a doctor of the health of a woman following the post-natal period and where the post-natal examination is performed and appropriate care given;

means the period of 14 days following the conclusion of a pregnancy;

means the area in which a doctor is under an obligation to visit patients, by virtue either of his application for inclusion in the medical list or of any variation to it pursuant to these Regulations or the terms of service;

means a practice—

means, in relation to any doctor, the premises at which he is obliged under paragraph 29 of the terms of service to attend in order to be consulted by, or to provide treatment or services for, his patients;

means the Preliminary Proceedings Committee of the General Medical Council constituted under section 1(3) of the Medical Act 1983;

means a form provided by a health authority, an FHSA or, where the doctor is in the medical list of more than one FHSA, by the FHSA which is responsible for the supply of that form, and issued by a doctor to enable a person to obtain pharmaceutical services;

means the Professional Conduct Committee constituted under section 1(3) of the Medical Act 1983;

means a course of study in obstetrics approved by the Regional Adviser on Post-Graduate Education, or in Wales, by the Postgraduate Dean;

means— (a) whole-time service in the armed forces of the Crown in a national emergency as a volunteer or otherwise;

means a post in a hospital requiring the post-holder to reside at the hospital at times when required for duty at the hospital;

means a doctor who has undertaken to provide general medical services only to a restricted category of patients identified by reference to their connection with a particular establishment or organisation, and “restricted list” shall be construed accordingly;

means a doctor who has undertaken to provide general medical services limited to— (a) child health surveillance services;

means a drug or other substance specified in Schedule 10 or, except where the conditions in paragraph 44(2) are satisfied, in Schedule 11;

means the doctor appointed by the Medical Practices Committee to succeed to the practice in accordance with regulations 13, 14 and 17, and “the date on which the successor was appointed” means—

means the terms of service contained, or referred to, in Schedule 2;

means the National Health Service Act 1977;

means—

means the Tribunal constituted under section 46 of the Act.

means a doctor who is being trained in general practice;

means medical attendance and treatment, but does not include child health surveillance services, contraceptive services, maternity medical services or minor surgery services, unless the doctor has undertaken to provide such services to the person concerned in accordance with these Regulations;

means a requirement for—