Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 1425

The National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 1987

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1987 No. 1425

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 1987

The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 29, 41 and 42 of, and paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Act 1977^[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
    1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 1st September 1987.

    (2)  In these Regulations—
 (a) "the principal Regulations" means the National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1974^[2] ; and
 (b) "the 1987 (No. 2) Regulations" means the National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1987^[3] .

Amendment of Regulations
    2.—(1)  The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6) of this regulation.

    (2)  In regulation 29 (schemes for securing proper pharmaceutical services)—
 (a) in paragraph (4), after "a scheme" there is inserted "prepared under paragraph (1)(a)" ;
 (b) the paragraph (5) added by regulation 2(5)(b) of the 1987 (No. 2) Regulations is renumbered "(4A)" .

    (3)  In Schedule 1 (terms of service for doctors), in paragraph 36A(2)(b), for "treatment of the condition" there is substituted "purpose" .

    (4)  In Schedule 3A (drugs and other substances not to be prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services)—
 (a) the following entries are omitted:—
Dynese Plus Aqueous Suspension
Haymine Tablets
Kolanticon Gel
Polycrol Forte Tablets
Polycrol Gel
Polycrol Tablets
Pregnavite Forte F Tablets;
 (b) the following entries are inserted at the appropriate point in the alphabetical order:—
Fiberform
Octovit Tablets.

    (5)  For Schedule 3B (drugs to be prescribed under pharmaceutical services only in certain circumstances) there is substituted the Schedule 3B set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

    (6)  In Schedule 4C (provisions further to regulation 26—pharmaceutical lists)—
 (a) in Part II (pharmacy practices sub-committee), in paragraph 6(2), after "sub-paragraph (1)(b)" there is inserted "or (c)" ; and
 (b) in Part IV (appeals), in paragraph 13(2)(c)(iii), for "paragraph (1)(d)" there is substituted "paragraph 1(1)(d)" .

    (7)  In regulation 2(5)(a) of the 1987 (No. 2) Regulations, the words "each of" and "and paragraph (4)" are omitted.

Revocation
    3.    Regulation 3 of, and Schedule 3 to, the National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) Amendment (No. 6) Regulations 1985^[4] are revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.

Tony Newton

Minister of State, Department of Health and Social Security

6th August 1987

[1] 1977 c. 49; see section 128(1) for the definition of "regulations" ; section 29 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), section 7 and Schedule 1, paragraph 42 and by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 6, paragraph 2; section 41 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980, section 20(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 53 and Schedule 7; section 42 was substituted by the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 66), section 3(1); sections 29 and 41 and paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 were each modified by S.I. 1985/39. back

[2] S.I. 1974/160; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1985/290, 803, 955, 1712 and 1987/401. back

[3] S.I. 1987/401. back

[4] S.I. 1985/1712. back

Explanatory Note