Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Act 2012

Executive not to consider economic viability when deciding whether to fill, etc., medical position.

5.— Notwithstanding any relevant agreement, in making a decision whether or not to enter into an agreement with a relevant medical practitioner for the provision by him or her of relevant services, the Executive shall not, for the purposes of that decision, take into consideration—

(a) the short-term or long-term economic viability of the medical practice to which the agreement relates, or

(b) the short-term or long-term economic viability of any other medical practice.