Abstract
Answer E
In cases where a patient’s current address is unknown (e.g. mail is returned undelivered), the patient may be removed from the practice’s list under the NHS FP69 regulation.
The patient will be removed from the practice’s list after 6 months, unless an address update is received in the meantime or the practice confirms that it has treated the patient at the original address since the FP69 action was set.
General Practitioners Committee: Practice List Validation (March 2012) www.lincslmc.co.uk/assets/files/practice-list-validation-guidance—march-2012.pdf