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Apply for inclusion on a medical, dental or ophthalmic performer list

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IMPORTANT: the application form for the medical performers list is currently being updated. Please email eps@hampshire.nhs.uk for a copy

Performer lists  exist to provide the public, the NHS and the clinical professions with an assurance that GPs, dentists and opticians in NHS primary care are appropriately qualified, experienced and suitable for this work.

If you are a doctor, dentist or optician, you must be on a performer list in order to work in NHS primary care. You can be on one list only, this should be the one where you spend the most time working. You can apply for inclusion on the list of Hampshire, Southampton City, Portsmouth City or Isle of Wight PCTs using the forms downloadable from this page.

Your original documents and proof of ID will need to be verified in person, so you should make an appointment to come to our office in Winchester. We can also help you to apply for an enhanced criminal records bureau disclosure and, if you are a doctor, make sure that you have a smartcard.

You need to allow at least 12 weeks for these checks and for references to be obtained. Making an application is no guarantee that you will be included, so it is important that you do not start work until your inclusion has been confirmed.

We have also included the regulations and guidance that cover the performer lists. if, having read this through, you would like to talk it through, or make an appointment to see us, please contact Elaine, Suzy or Alison by email, or by phoning 01962 876 651.


icon Application form for dental performers list
icon Application for inclusion on a medical performers list
icon Application for ophthalmic performer list
icon Application for vocational training number
icon Guidance on flexible vocational training
 icon National Health Service (Performers Lists) Regulations 2004 (consolidated 2010)
icon Guidance on medical performers lists
icon guidance on dental performer lists
icon Guidance on ophthalmic performers lists

You may also find it helpful to contact the Local Medical Committee, Local Dental Committee or Local Ophthalmic Committee.

CRB Checks

We are a registered body with the Criminal Records Bureau, which means that we can obtain CRB disclosures for your staff. Our current charges are:

  • Enhanced disclosure £59
  • Standard disclosure £41

You may wish to consider and review your own practice policy in respect of staff that have direct clinical contact with patients, such as:

  • practice nurses
  • health care assistants
  • other therapists

All GPs, Dentists and Opticians are checked at the time when they appy for inclusion on a local performers list. You do not need to pay for this check, it is part of the application.

In addition, GPs, Dentists and Opticians from outside the UK are asked to provide Police checks from the country where they have lived and worked.

We have a full range of guidance on CRB checks that you can download from below.

icon Guidance on the completion of disclosure application forms
icon CRB eguide to completing the form
icon Standard or Enhanced check definition
icon Guidance on unspent criminal convictions
icon Guidance on ID checking
icon List of Valid Identity Documents July 2010
icon Glossary of Terms - The Disclosure Service
icon Terms and conditions July 2010

To contact us about your CRB check requirements click here