The National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995

includes the provision of all necessary medical services (other than services which involve the application of special skill or experience of a degree or kind which general medical practitioners as a class cannot reasonably be expected to possess) during and following pregnancy and labour in respect of all conditions arising therefrom and in particular the following services:—

means an appliance which is a listed appliance within the meaning of section 27(1) of the Act;

means a non-proprietary name which is not mentioned in Schedule 10 or, except where the conditions in paragraph 31(2) of the terms of service for doctors are satisfied, in Schedule 11;

means in relation to a Board the area for which the Board is constituted;

means the committee of that name for the area of a Board recognised under section 9 of the Act;

means the committee of that name for the area of a Board recognised under section 9 of the Act;

means a doctor who is acting as an assistant to a doctor on the medical list and for the purposes of paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 shall include a trainee general practitioner;

means a doctor employed by a single-handed isolated practitioner with the consent of the Board;

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

means Health Board within the meaning of the Act;

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 person who has not attained the age of 16 years;

means the personal medical services described in regulation 29 and in Schedule 3;

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

means any person or body carrying on a business which consists of or includes the provision of deputies for periods which normally do not exceed 72 consecutive hours:

means a registered medical practitioner;

means a visit to either— (a) the place where the patient resides, or (b) the place, other than a 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;

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 9 of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995;

includes medicines and chemical reagents;

means existing on 1st January 1995.

means an association of two or more doctors both or all of whom— (a) have their names included in the medical list of a Board, (b) co-ordinate in the course of regular contact among them, the provision of personal medical services to their patients in fulfilment of their obligations under Schedule 1, and (c) conduct and manage their practices from at least one common set of practice premises;

means premises provided by the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of section 36(1)(b) of the Act;

means activities connected with— and in reaching a decision as to whether any activity is a health-related activity, the Board shall have regard to the illustrative list in Part IV of Schedule 6.

means the Local Directory of Family Doctors maintained by a Board in accordance with regulation 6;

means the provision of personal medical services during and following pregnancy and labour in respect of all conditions arising therefrom by a doctor who has agreed to provide such services;

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

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 4(1);

means a doctor in the service of the Department of Social Security;

means the Scottish Medical Practices Committee constituted in accordance with section 3(1) of the Act;

means, in relation to any patient, the records kept in respect of that patient in accordance with paragraph 33 of the terms of service;

means the personal medical services described in regulation 33 and in Schedule 4;

means a person for whose treatment a doctor is responsible under paragraph 4 of these terms of service;

means a registered pharmacist within the meaning of the Medicines Act 1968 who provides pharmaceutical services, or a person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business in accordance with section 69 of that Act who provides such services;

means the area in which a doctor is under an obligation to visit patients either by virtue of his application for inclusion in the medical list or of any variation therein in accordance with the regulations or terms of service;

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

means a form provided by the Board or, where the doctor is on the medical list of more than one Board, by the Board which is responsible for the supply of that form for issue by a doctor to enable a person to obtain pharmaceutical services as defined by section 27 of the Act;

means whole-time service in the armed forces of the Crown in a national emergency as a volunteer or otherwise, or compulsory whole-time service in those forces, including service resulting from any reserve liability, or any equivalent service by a person liable for compulsory whole-time service in those forces;

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;

means a doctor who has undertaken to a Board 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 31(2) of the terms of service for doctors are satisfied, in Schedule 11;

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 26(2);

means the terms of service for doctors which are contained or referred to in Schedule 1;

means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;

means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;

means the Medical Practices Committee.

means a doctor who is being trained in general practice;

includes the provision of personal medical services during and following pregnancy and labour in respect of conditions arising therefrom.

means a requirement for—