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- Type 1
Practices across the country have been threatened with breach of contract notices if they fail to open from 8am to 6.30pm on Christmas Eve and New Year?s Eve, Pulse can reveal.
NHS England has told local area teams that Christmas Eve and New Year?s Eve must be treated just like any other day, leading to some local area teams sending letters to GPs warning that any attempts by practices to outsource work to out-of-hours providers will result in breach of contract notices.
The warning comes despite LMCs seeking legal advice and insisting that early closing is permitted by GP contract regulations.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/fi...christmas-break/20004865.article#.UnDC4_nASSo
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NHS England has told local area teams that Christmas Eve and New Year?s Eve must be treated just like any other day, leading to some local area teams sending letters to GPs warning that any attempts by practices to outsource work to out-of-hours providers will result in breach of contract notices.
The warning comes despite LMCs seeking legal advice and insisting that early closing is permitted by GP contract regulations.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/fi...christmas-break/20004865.article#.UnDC4_nASSo
(free registration required)
