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NHS England looks set to make a u-turn on its stance that practices must open from 8:00am to 6:30pm on Christmas Eve and New Year?s Eve, LMCs have reported.
As Pulse exclusively revealed, LMCs had received threatening letters from NHS England local area teams, warning that practices would be in breach of contract if they outsourced work to out-of-hours providers on those days, despite being traditionally quiet times.
However, NHS England yesterday issued draft guidance suggesting that practices will be able to ?engage a deputised provider?.
This follows guidance issued by the GPC designed to ?correct inaccurate information? released by NHS England, which clarified that practices must simply ensure they have made adequate provisions on Christmas Eve and New Year?s Eve.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/fi...s-opening-hours/20005117.article#.Uoy5tsTASSo
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As Pulse exclusively revealed, LMCs had received threatening letters from NHS England local area teams, warning that practices would be in breach of contract if they outsourced work to out-of-hours providers on those days, despite being traditionally quiet times.
However, NHS England yesterday issued draft guidance suggesting that practices will be able to ?engage a deputised provider?.
This follows guidance issued by the GPC designed to ?correct inaccurate information? released by NHS England, which clarified that practices must simply ensure they have made adequate provisions on Christmas Eve and New Year?s Eve.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/fi...s-opening-hours/20005117.article#.Uoy5tsTASSo
(free registration required)