Indeed he is, but not as actively as some;
Charging is only permitted by the contractor in accordance with the
Regs, Travle vaccs etc.
However, now that the contract for GMS is held by the practice the
situation of charges by other organosations in which a parther may be a
sharegolder is quite legal.
There is guidance at
http://uk.sitestat.com/bma/bma/s?RH%20chargestonhspats&ns_type=pdf&ns_ur
l=http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/AttachmentsByTitle/PDFchargestonhspats/$F
ILE/ChargesNHSpatients.pdf
I hope it I of interest; should you want to do this, and in any event
it is good to be aware of it, please be aware of the Competition Act,
the penalties are severe (10% turnover, not profit, for 3 years).
John
John Canning
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-----Original Message-----
From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Fay Wilson
Sent: 15 February 2008 22:25
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Subject: Re: flexible working and extended hours: wots the truth
please?! from confused.
Dr Adrian Midgley (In the office) wrote:
> Fay Wilson wrote:
>
>> PPS You cannot offer the extra hours privately. The restriction on
>> charging applies to the contractor and his / her / its NHS patients
>> irrespective of time.
>
> However, since the last and excellently chaired Conference of LMCs, it
> is BMA policy is it not, to be instantiated by the GPC for us, that
> this is to be changed.
>
> Now is a good time to consider progress on that.
Ha ha. I will keep the first phrase for my appraisal folder.
I refer you to the chairman of the contracts and performance
subcommittee who may be hanging around here somewhere.
Fay
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