- adjudicator
means the Secretary of State or one or more people appointed by the Secretary of State under section 9(8) of the Act (NHS contracts) or under regulation 83(5)(b);
- adult social care services
means services provided pursuant to the exercise of the adult social services functions of a local authority in England;
- adult social services functions
means social services functions within the meaning of section 1A of the Local Authority and Social Services Act 1970 so far as relating to persons aged 18 or over, excluding any function to which Chapter 4 of Part 8 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 applies;
- advanced electronic signature
means an electronic signature which meets the following requirements— (a) it is uniquely linked to the signatory;
- Advice and Guidance
means arrangements established by NHS England to enable contractors to obtain consultant-led clinical advice about the management of a patient for the purpose of informing clinical decision making in relation to a referral;
- antenatal period
means the period beginning with the start of the pregnancy and ending with the onset of labour;
- any dispute arising out of or in connection with the contract
includes any dispute arising out of or in connection with the termination of the contract.
- appliance
means an appliance which is included in a list for the time being approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 126 of the Act (arrangements for pharmaceutical services);
- appliances
includes contraceptive appliances.
- appointment book
means a capability provided by the contractor’s computerised clinical systems and software supplier which supports the administration, scheduling, resourcing and reporting of appointments.
- appropriate cover
means cover against liabilities that may be incurred by the contractor in the performance of clinical services under the contract, which is appropriate, having regard to the nature and extent of the risks in the performance of such services;
- armed forces GP
means a medical practitioner who is employed on a contract of service by the Ministry of Defence, whether or not as a member of the armed forces of the Crown.
- armed forces of the Crown
means the forces that are “regular forces” or “reserve forces” within the meaning given in section 374 of the Armed Forces Act 2006;
- assessment panel
means the panel appointed by NHS England for the purpose of making determinations under paragraph 41(7) of Schedule 3;
- authorised vaccine
means a medicinal product— (a) authorised for supply in the United Kingdom in accordance with a marketing authorisation, or (b) authorised by the licensing authority on a temporary basis under regulation 174 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (supply in response to spread of pathogenic agents etc), for vaccination against coronavirus;
- bank holiday
means any day that is specified or proclaimed as a bank holiday in England and Wales under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (bank holidays);
- batch issue
means a form, in the format required by NHS England and approved by the Secretary of State, which— (a) is issued by a repeatable prescriber at the same time as a non-electronic repeatable prescription to enable a chemist or person who provides dispensing services to receive payment for the provision of repeat dispensing services;
- Care Quality Commission
means the body established under section 1 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (The Care Quality Commission);
- CCT
means a certificate of completion of training awarded under section 34L(1) of the Medical Act 1983 (award and withdrawal of a Certificate of Completion of Training)...;
- Cervical screening services
means the following services—
- charity trustee
means one of the persons having the general control, management and administration of a charity;
- chemist
means— (a) a person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business in accordance with section 69 of the Medicines Act 1968 (general provisions);
- child
includes a still-born child within the meaning of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (see section 41(1) of that Act).
- child health surveillance services
has the meaning given in paragraph (3);
- chiropodist or podiatrist independent prescriber
means a person— (a) who is engaged or employed by the contractor or is a party to the contract;
- clinical correspondence
means all correspondence in writing, whether in electronic form or otherwise, between the contractor and other health service providers concerning or arising out of the provision of a remote service or patient attendance and treatment at practice premises including referrals made by letter or by any other means;
- clinical management plan
means a written plan (which may be amended from time to time) relating to the treatment of an individual patient agreed by—
- clinical services
means medical services under the contract which relate to the actual observation and treatment of patients;
- complete course
means the course of treatment appropriate to the patient's condition, being the same as the amount that would have been prescribed if the patient had been seen during core hours;
- computerised records
means records created by way of entries on a computer.
- contraceptive services
means the following services— (a) the giving of advice about the full range of contraceptive methods;
- contract
includes any contract to which the 2004 Regulations applied immediately before the commencement date under which medical services were provided before 1st January 2005 (whether or not such services continued to be provided after that date);
- contract of engagement
means a contract of employment or other agreement under which a jobholder is engaged;
- contract sanction
means—
- contractor
includes a person with whom NHS England is proposing to enter into a contract with.
- controlled drugs
has the meaning given in section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (which relates to controlled drugs and their classification for the purposes of that Act);
- core hours
means, subject to regulation 3A(1), the period beginning at 8.00am and ending at 6.30pm on any day from Monday to Friday except Good Friday, Christmas Day or bank holidays;
- coronavirus
means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);
- digital practice area map
means a map of the practice area produced on digital tools provided by NHS England;
- directly bookable appointment
means an appointment of a type which, in line with the guidance entitled “Directly bookable appointments – guidance for practices” issued by NHS England, is available for booking by a registered patient or an appropriate person on their behalf;
- Directory of Services
means the national directory of services provided as part of the health service in England, managed by NHS England.
- disease
means a disease included in the list of three-character categories contained in the tenth revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems;
- dispenser
means a chemist, medical practitioner or contractor whom a patient wishes to dispense the patient's electronic prescriptions;
- dispensing services
means the provision of drugs, medicines or appliances that may be provided as pharmaceutical services by a medical practitioner in accordance with arrangements under section 126 (arrangements for pharmaceutical services) and section 132 (persons authorised to provide pharmaceutical services) of the Act;
- Drug Tariff
means the publication known as the Drug Tariff which is published by the Secretary of State and which is referred to in section 127(4) of the Act (arrangements for additional pharmaceutical services);
- drugs
includes contraceptive substances and a reference to “appliances” includes contraceptive appliances.
- electronic communication
has the meaning given in section 15 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 (general interpretation);
- electronic prescription
means an electronic prescription form or an electronic repeatable prescription;
- electronic prescription form
means a prescription form which falls within paragraph (b) of the definition of “prescription form”;
- Electronic Prescription Service
means the service of that name which is managed by NHS England;
- electronic repeat dispensing
means dispensing as part of pharmaceutical services or local pharmaceutical services which involves the provision of drugs, medicines or appliances in accordance with an electronic repeatable prescription.
- electronic repeatable prescription
means a prescription which falls within paragraph (b) of the definition of “repeatable prescription”;
- electronic signature
means data in electronic form which is attached to or logically associated with other data in electronic form and which is used by the signatory to sign;
- electronic signature creation data
means unique data which is used by the signatory to create an electronic signature;
- emergency
includes any medical emergency whether or not related to services provided under the contract.
- English health service medicine
means a medicinal product used to any extent for the purposes of the health service continued under section 1(1) of the Act;
- essential services
means the services required to be provided in accordance with regulation 17;
- financial year
has the meaning given in section 275(1) of the Act (interpretation);
- Friends and Family Test
means the arrangements that a contractor is required by NHS England to implement to enable its patients to provide anonymous feedback about the patient experience at the contractor's practice.
- general medical practitioner
has the same meaning as in regulation 5(2).
- geographical number
means a number which has a geographical area code as its prefix;
- global sum
has the meaning given in the GMS Statement of Financial Entitlements;
- Health and Social Services Board
means a Health and Social Services Board established under article 16 of the Health and Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (establishment of Health and Social Services Boards);
- Health and Social Services Trust
means a Health and Social Services Trust established under article 10 of the Health and Personal Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (ancillary services);
- Health Board
means a Health Board established under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (Health Boards);
- health care professional
has the meaning given in section 108 of the Act (participants in section 107 arrangements) and “health care profession” is to be construed accordingly;
- health case
has the meaning given in section 35E(4) of the Medical Act 1983 (provisions supplementary to section 35D);
- health check
means a consultation undertaken by the contactor which is of the type which a contractor is required to undertake at a patient's request under paragraph 10(1).
- health service body
has the meaning given in section 9(4) of the Act (NHS contracts);
- Health Service Commissioner
means the person appointed as Health Service Commissioner for England in accordance with section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 (The Commissioner).
- home oxygen order form
means a form provided by NHS England and issued by a health care professional to authorise a person to supply home oxygen services to a patient requiring oxygen therapy at home;
- home oxygen services
means any of the following forms of oxygen therapy or supply— (a) ambulatory oxygen supply;
- immediate family member
means— (a) a spouse or civil partner;
- immunisation information
means— (a) either— (a) the patient’s consent to immunisation, or (b) where another person consents to immunisation on behalf of the patient, the name of the person who gave that consent and their relationship to the patient;
- indemnity arrangement
means a contract of insurance or other arrangement made for the purpose of indemnifying the contractor;
- independent nurse prescriber
means a person— (a) who is either engaged or employed by the contractor or who is a party to the contract;
- integrated care board
means an integrated care board established under Chapter A3 of Part 2 of the Act;
- integrated care provider
means a person, other than a person specified in paragraph 3(3), who is party to an integrated care provider contract;
- integrated care provider contract
has the meaning given in paragraph 3.
- jobholder
means— (a) an individual employed by a relevant person;
- licensing body
means a body that licenses or regulates a profession;
- limited partnership
means a partnership registered in accordance with section 5 of the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (registration of limited partnerships required);
- list application
means an application under paragraph 32D or 32F;
- list dispersal
means the allocation of patients from a contractor’s list of patients by NHS England following termination of the contract or during the period set out in the notice of termination or agreement to terminate.
- listed prescription items
means the prescription items mentioned in regulation 13(1) of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2015 (exemption from charges: risks to public health);
- listed prescription items voucher
means a form which— (a) is provided or approved by NHS England for the purposes of ordering a prescription item mentioned in regulation 13(1) of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2015;
- local arrangement
means an arrangement between the contractor and NHS England as to the timeframe within which appointments not booked by NHS 111 can be released for booking by the contractor’s registered patients;
- local authority
means— (a) a local authority within the meaning of section 1 of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (local authorities);
- Local Health Board
means a body established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (Local Health Boards);
- Local Medical Committee
means a committee recognised by NHS England under section 97 of the Act (local medical committees);
- locum practitioner
has the meaning given in Schedule 15 to the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015;
- Lung Cancer Screening Programme
means the national programme arranged by NHS England of lung health checks for the purpose of detecting and diagnosing lung cancer, for persons identified by NHS England as recommended for such checks.
- management
includes— (a) offering consultation and, where appropriate, physical examination for the purposes of identifying the need, if any, for treatment or further investigation;
- maternal postnatal consultation
means a consultation with a general medical practitioner, at which the physical and mental health and well-being of the mother is reviewed;
- maternity medical services
has the meaning given in paragraph (4);
- medical officer
means a medical practitioner who is— (a) employed or engaged by the Department for Work and Pensions;
- medical performers list
means the list of medical practitioners maintained and published by NHS England in accordance with section 91 of the Act (persons performing primary medical services);
- medical purposes
has the meaning given for the purposes of section 251 of the Act.
- Medical Register
means the registers kept under section 2 of the Medical Act 1983 (registration of medical practitioners);
- Minor surgery
means the following services—
- national disqualification
means— (a) a decision made by the First Tier Tribunal under section 159 of the Act (national disqualification) or under regulations corresponding to that section made under— (i) section 91(3) of the Act (persons performing primary medical services), (ii) section 106(3) of the Act (persons performing primary dental services), (iii) section 123(3) of the Act (persons performing primary ophthalmic services), and (iv) sections 145, 146, 147A or 149 (performers of pharmaceutical services and assistants), of the Act;
- necessary drugs, medicines and appliances
means those drugs, medicines and appliances which the patient requires and for which, in the reasonable opinion of the contractor and having regard to the patient's medical condition, it would not be reasonable in all the circumstances for the patient to wait to obtain them;
- nominated dispenser
means a chemist, medical practitioner or contractor who has been nominated in respect of a patient where the details of that nomination are held in respect of that patient in the Patient Demographics Service which is managed by NHS England;
- non-electronic prescription form
means a prescription form which falls within paragraph (a) of the definition of “prescription form”;
- non-electronic repeatable prescription
means a prescription form for the purpose of ordering a drug, medicine or appliance which— (a) is provided by NHS England, a local authority or the Secretary of State;
- normal hours
means those days and hours on which and the times at which services under the contract are normally made available and normal hours may be different for different services;
- Nursing and Midwifery Register
means the register maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Council under article 5 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 (establishment and maintenance of register);
- nursing officer
means a health care professional who is registered on the Nursing and Midwifery Register and who is— (a) employed by the Department for Work and Pensions;
- occupational therapist
means a health care professional who is registered in the part of the register maintained by the Health Professions Council under article 5 of the Health Professions Order 2001 (establishment and maintenance of register) relating to occupational therapists and who is— (a) employed or engaged by the Department for Work and Pensions;
- online consultation tool
has the meaning given in regulation 71ZD(2);
- online practice profile
has the meaning given in regulation 73(7);
- opt out
means an out of hours opt out, a permanent opt out or a temporary opt out.
- opt out notice
means a notice given under regulation 35(1) to opt out permanently or temporarily of the provision of minor surgery;
- optometrist independent prescriber
means a person— (a) who is registered in the register of optometrists maintained under section 7(a) of the Opticians Act 1989 (register of opticians);
- out of hours opt out notice
means a notice given under regulation 38(1) to opt out permanently of the provision of out of hours services;
- out of hours performer
means a prescriber, a person acting in accordance with a Patient Group Direction or any other health care professional employed or engaged by the contractor who can lawfully supply a drug, medicine or appliance, who is performing out of hours services under the contract;
- out of hours period
means subject to regulation 3A(2)— (a) the period beginning at 6.30pm on any day from Monday to Thursday and ending at 8.00am on the following day;
- out of hours services
means the services required to be provided in all or part of the out of hours period which— (a) would be essential services if provided by a contractor to its registered patients in core hours;
- paramedic independent prescriber
means a person— (a) who is either engaged or employed by the contractor or who is a party to the contract;
- parent
includes, in relation to any child, any adult who, in the opinion of the contractor, is for the time being discharging in respect of that child the obligations normally attaching to a parent in respect of their child;
- patient
means— (a) a registered patient;
- Patient Group Direction
has the meaning given in the regulation 213(1) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (interpretation);
- patient information
means information which relates to the physical or mental health or condition of a patient, to the diagnosis of their condition, to their care and treatment, or information which is to any extent derived, directly or indirectly, from such information.
- performer
means a performer of medical services under the contract to whom the provisions of Part 7 of these Regulations apply;
- permanent opt out notice
means an opt out notice to permanently opt out;
- personal number
means a telephone number which starts with 070 followed by a further eight digits.
- pharmacist independent prescriber
means a person— (a) who is either engaged or employed by the contractor or is a party to the contract;
- physiotherapist
means a health care professional who is registered in the part of the register maintained by the Health Professions Council under article 5 of the Health Professions Order 2001 (establishment and maintenance of register) relating to physiotherapists and who is— (a) employed or engaged by the Department for Work and Pensions;
- physiotherapist independent prescriber
means a person who is— (a) engaged or employed by the contractor or is a party to the contract;
- planned return date
means the date on which a person intends to return to the United Kingdom;
- Post Event Message
means the electronic message which is sent to a contractor at the end of a telephone call to NHS 111 or via a connected service.
- post registration programme
means a programme that is for the time being recognised by the General Medical Council under regulation 10A of the Medical Act 1983 (programmes for provisionally registered doctors) as providing provisionally registered doctors with an acceptable foundation for future practise as a fully registered medical practitioner;
- postnatal consultation period
means the period which— (a) begins six weeks after the conclusion of the delivery of the baby, and (b) ends— (a) eight weeks after the conclusion of the delivery, or (b) if the mother has not been discharged from secondary care services before the end of that period, eight weeks after the mother’s discharge from secondary care services;
- postnatal period
means the period which— (a) begins with the later of— (a) the conclusion of the delivery of the baby, and (b) the mother’s discharge from secondary care services, and (b) ends eight weeks after the conclusion of the delivery;
- practice
means the business operated by the contractor for the purpose of delivering services under the contract;
- practice area
means the area referred to in regulation 20(1)(d);
- practice leaflet
means a leaflet drawn up in accordance with regulation 78;
- practice premises
means an address specified in the contract as one at which services are to be provided under the contract;
- practice website
means a website through which the contractor advertises the primary medical services it provides;
- preliminary opt out notice
means a notice given under regulation 35(1) that a contractor wants to temporarily opt out or permanently opt out of the provision of minor surgery;
- prescriber
means— (a) a chiropodist or podiatrist independent prescriber;
- prescription form
means— (a) a form for the purpose of ordering a drug, medicine or appliance which— (i) is provided by NHS England, a local authority or the Secretary of State and is in the format required by the NHS Business Services Authority, (ii) is issued, or is to be issued, by the prescriber, and (iii) does not indicate that the drug, medicine or appliance ordered may be provided more than once;
- prescription only medicine
means a medicine referred to in regulation 5(3) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (classification of medicinal products);
- primary care list
means— (a) a list of persons performing primary medical services, primary dental services, primary ophthalmic services or pharmaceutical services prepared in accordance with regulations made under— (i) section 91 of the Act (persons performing primary medical services), (ii) section 106 of the Act (persons performing primary dental services), (iii) section 123 of the Act (persons performing primary ophthalmic services), or (iv) sections 145, 146, 147A or 149 (performers of pharmaceutical services and assistants), of the Act;
- primary care network
means a network of contractors and other providers of services which has been approved by NHS England, serving an identified geographical area....
- Primary Care Trust
means the Primary Care Trust which was a party to the contract immediately before the coming into force of section 34 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (abolition of primary care trusts);
- primary carer
means, in relation to an adult, the adult or organisation primarily caring for that adult;
- primary medical services
means medical services provided under or by virtue of a contract or agreement to which the provisions of Part 4 of the Act applies;
- Primary Medical Services (Directed Enhanced Services) Directions
means directions relating to provision of enhanced services given to NHS England under section 98A(3) of the Act;
- private services
means the provision of any treatment which would amount to primary medical services if it were provided under or by virtue of a contract or agreement to which the provisions of Part 4 of the Act apply;
- processing
has the meaning given by section 3(4) of the Data Protection Act 2018;
- public health functions
means— (a) the public health functions of the Secretary of State under the following provisions of the Act— (a) section 2A (Secretary of State’s duty as to protection of public health);
- qualifying person
has the meaning given in paragraph 32A;
- referral pathways
means arrangements, such as Advice and Guidance, determined by NHS England as applying to the referral of a patient for a service under the Act, including any locally determined arrangements that apply in relation to the contractor’s practice area.
- refusal notice
means a notice which— (a) is in writing, and (b) includes the reasons for the decision to refuse the relevant application;
- registered patient
means— (a) a person who is recorded by NHS England as being on the contractor's list of patients;
- relevant calls
means— (a) calls made by patients to the contractor's practice for any reason related to services provided under the contract;
- relevant date
means— whichever is the earlier.
- relevant family member
has the meaning given in paragraph 32A.
- relevant financial year
means a financial year ending—
- relevant medical information
means any information entered on P’s medical record other than—
- relevant patient
means— (a) a registered patient, or (b) a temporary resident.
- relevant person
means— (a) the contractor;
- relevant persons
means—
- relevant register
means— (a) in relation to a nurse, the Nursing and Midwifery Register;
- relevant sub-contract
means a sub-contract—
- relevant threshold
means—
- relevant vaccine or immunisation
has the same meaning as in regulation 66A(1)(a) of these Regulations;
- remote consultation
means a consultation under the contract in which a patient, or their representative, participates by any means permitted under the contract, other than in person;
- remote service
means a service under the contract which is— (a) an online consultation under regulation 71ZD;
- repeat dispensing services
means pharmaceutical services or local pharmaceutical services which involve the provision of drugs, medicines or appliances by a chemist in accordance with a repeatable prescription;
- repeatable prescriber
means a prescriber who is— (a) engaged or employed by a contractor which provides repeatable prescribing services under the terms of its contract which give effect to regulation 59;
- repeatable prescribing services
means services which involve the prescribing of drugs, medicines or appliances on a repeatable prescription;
- repeatable prescription
means— (a) a form provided by NHS England, a local authority or Secretary of State for the purpose of ordering a drug, medicine or appliance which is in the format required by the NHS Business Services Authority and which— (a) is issued, or is to be issued, by a repeatable prescriber to enable a chemist or person providing dispensing services to receive payment for the provision of repeat dispensing services, (b) indicates, or is to indicate, that the drug, medicine or appliance ordered may be provided more than once, and (c) specifies, or is to specify, the number of occasions on which the drug, medicine or appliance may be provided;
- restricted availability appliance
means an appliance which is approved for particular categories of persons or for particular purposes only;
- restricted services principal
means a medical practitioner who provided general medical services limited to child health surveillance, contraceptive services, maternity medical services (except the services mentioned in regulation 3(4)(c) or (d)) or minor surgery.
- Scheduled drug
means— (a) a drug, medicine or other substance specified in any directions given by the Secretary of State under section 88 of the Act (GMS contracts: prescription of drugs etc.) as being a drug, medicine or other substance which may not be ordered for patients in the provision of medical services under the contract;
- secondary care services
means— (a) such services, accommodation or facilities as an integrated care board considers it appropriate to make arrangements for the provision of under or by virtue of section 3 (duties of integrated care boards as to commissioning of health services) or 3A (power of integrated care boards to commission certain health services) of the Act;
- section 92 provider
means a person who is providing services in accordance with arrangements under section 92 of the Act (arrangements for the provision of primary medical services);
- service provider
has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009 (interpretation);
- signatory
means a natural person who creates an electronic signature;
- specified period
means—
- sub-contractor
means a person to whom any rights or duties under the contract in relation to clinical matters are, or have been, sub-contracted under paragraph 44(1) of Schedule 3, and includes an individual who is a locum practitioner;
- Summary Care Record
means the system approved by NHS England for the automated uploading, storing and displaying of patient data relating to medications, allergies, adverse reactions and, where agreed with the contractor and subject to the patient's consent, any other data (other than any information recorded in accordance with regulation 67A or any information about ethnicity provided under regulation 71ZC) taken from the patient's electronic record;
- summary information
means items of patient data that comprise the Summary Care Record.
- supplementary prescriber
means a person— (a) who is either engaged or employed by the contractor or is a party to the contract;
- supply form
means a form provided by NHS England and completed by or on behalf of the contractor for the purpose of recording the provision of drugs, medicines or appliances to a patient during the out of hours period.
- system of clinical governance
means a framework through which the contractor endeavours continuously to improve the quality of its services and to safeguard high standards of care by creating an environment in which clinical excellence can flourish.
- temporary opt out notice
means an opt out notice to temporarily opt out.
- temporary residence application
means an application under paragraph 32E or 32G.
- temporary resident
means a person— (a) accepted by the contractor as a temporary resident under paragraph 20, 32E or 32G of Schedule 3, and (b) for whom the contractor’s responsibility has not terminated under paragraph 20, 32E or 32G (as the case may be) of Schedule 3. • “therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber” means a radiographer— (a) who is registered in Part 11 of the register maintained under article 5 of the Health Professions Order 2001;
- the Act
means the National Health Service Act 2006;
- the commencement date
means the date on which these Regulations come into force;
- the compliance period
means the period specified in Article 12 of the UK GDPR for compliance with a request made in exercise of a right under Article 15 of the UK GDPR;
- the detained estate healthcare service
means the healthcare service commissioned by NHS England in respect of persons who are detained in prison or in other secure accommodation by virtue of regulations made under section 3B(1)(c) of the Act (Secretary of State’s power to require Board to commission services);
- the NHS Pension Scheme Regulations
means the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015 and “active member”, “locum practitioner”, “medical practitioner”, “member” and “non-GP provider” have the meanings given for the purposes of those Regulations;
- the relevant area
means the area for which the Local Medical Committee is formed.
- the scheduled release date
means the date on which the person making an application under sub-paragraph (2)(c) is due to be released from detention in prison.
- the Scheme
means the National Health Service Pension Scheme established by the NHS Pension Scheme Regulations.
- the Vaccines and Immunisations Standards
means the standards determined by NHS Englandpublished on 15th April 2024 and which a contractor is required to meet in relation to the following matters— (a) the invitation of patients for immunisation appointments when they first become eligible for relevant vaccines or immunisations (“newly eligible patients”);