Health Professionals

Practitioner Services - Enabling Primary Care

Legislative Guidance

This section contains links to specific documents issued by the Scottish Government Health Directorates.

For ease of reference we have listed these by the same service headings used throughout the Medical Services section of our site:

Scottish Statutory Instruments
Patient Registration
Contract Payments
Quality & Outcomes Framework (QoF)
Medical Record Transfer
Payment Verification

Scottish Statutory Instrument 2004 No.115
The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Scotland) Regulations 2004

Scottish Statutory Instrument 2008 No.27
The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008

Scottish Statutory Instrument 2009 No.37
The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009

Scottish Statutory Instrument 2010 No.1
The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010

Scottish Statutory Instrument 2011 No.55
The National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

Patient Registration

Overseas Visitors
Shortened Guidance: CEL 9 (2008)
NHSiS Manual of Guidance: Overseas Visitors

Contract Payments

The General Medical Services Contract 2009/10
PCA(M)(2009)07
PCA(M)(2008)10

The General Medical Services Contract 2008/09
PCA(M)(2008)12

The General Medical Services Contract 2007/08
PCA(M)(2007)05

Revision to the GMS Contract 2006/07
PCA(M)(2006)13

Standard General Medical Services Contract 2004
PCA(M)(2004)7

Statement of Financial Entitlements (SFE) for 2011-12
PCA(M)(2011)16 - Issued 25/10/11

Statement of Financial Entitlements (SFE) for 2010-11
PCA(M)(2010)19 - Issued 15/10/10

Statement of Financial Entitlements (SFE) for 2009
PCA(M)(2009)15 - Issued 29/10/09
PCA(M)(2009)10 - Issued 09/09/09 (Superceded 29/10/09)
PCA(M)(2009)02 - Issued 27/02/09 (Superceded 09/09/09)

Statement of Financial Entitlements (SFE) for 2008
PCA(M)(2009)01 - Issued 14/01/09
PCA(M)(2008)09 - Issued 30/09/08 (Superceded 14/01/09)

Statement of Financial Entitlements (SFE) for 2007
PCA(M)(2008)01 - Issued 08/02/08

Statement of Financial Entitlements (SFE) for 2006
PCA(M)(2007)03 - Issued 22/03/07

Statement of Financial Entitlements (SFE) for 2005 onwards
PCA(M)(2006)11 - Issued 27/06/06

Statement of Financial Entitlements (SFE) 2004/05
PCA(M)(2004)13 - Issued 11/05/04

Quality & Outcomes Framework (QoF)
GP Access Survey 2008

Medical Record Transfer


Payment Verification