NHS performers list: changes to suspension regulations
Seeks views on proposed changes to how NHS England should respond when practitioners are suspended by an interim suspension order.
We are seeking views on what NHS England should do when a practitioner is subject to an interim suspension order. The regulator may issue an interim suspension order when there is a concern about a practitioner.
At the moment, NHS England has to remove practitioners from a performers list if they have been suspended by their professional regulator under an interim order. We are consulting on 2 options for change. Either:
A. NHS England may suspend practitioners from the performers list
or
B. NHS England is required to automatically suspend practitioners from the performers list rather than remove them
Doctors, dentists, optometrists and ophthalmic medical practitioners may not perform NHS primary care services in England unless they are included on a performers list. This is part of the National Health Service (Performers Lists) Regulations 2013.