Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 2401 (S.229)

The National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1992

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1992 No. 2401 (S.229)

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND

The National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1992

The Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 19, 27 and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978^[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) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 2nd November 1992.

    (2)  In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1974^[2].

Amendment to Schedule 2A to the principal Regulations
    2.    In Schedule 2A to the principal Regulations (drugs and other substances not to be supplied by general medical practitioners or prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services)—
 (a) the following entries shall be deleted:—
Amplex Original Mint Capsules


Biovital Liquid


Cyanocobalamin Tablets (any strength)


Emulave


Fennings Adult Powders


Hill's Bronchial Balsam


Night Nurse Capsules


Night Nurse Cold Remedy


Savlon Baby Care Cream;
 (b) each of the following entries shall be inserted at such points in the alphabetical order as are appropriate having regard to the initial letter of each entry:—


Acclaim Flea Control Aerosol Plus


Actifed Cough Relief


Allinson's Wholemeal Flour


Ambre Solaire High Protection Cream SPF10


Amplex Mint Capsules


Amplex Original Capsules


Anadin Ibuprofen Tablets


Andrews Answer


Andrews Antacid Tablets


Appleford's Gluten-Free Rice Cakes


Askit Capsules


Aspro Paraclear Junior Tablets


Aspro Paraclear Tablets


Astral Moisturising Cream


Autan Insect Repellent


Aveeno Emulave Bar


Bausch and Lomb Concentrated Cleaner (for hard lenses)


Bausch and Lomb Soaking and Wetting Solution


Beechams Night Nurse Capsules


Beechams Night Nurse Syrup


Benylin Non-Drowsy Cough Linctus


Bio-Light Slimming Food Supplement


Biovital Vitamin Tonic


Bronalin Dry Cough Linctus


Cabdrivers Junior Linctus


Cal-A-Cool Aftersun Moisturising Cream


Calpol Extra Tablets


Candermyl Liposome Cream


Cantassium Fructose


Cetaphil Lotion


Chickweed Ointment


Clerz Lubricating, Cleaning and Comfort Sachets


Clinique Clarifying Lotion


Clinique Continuous Coverage


Clinique Crystal Clear Cleaning Oil


Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion


Clinique Facial Mild Soap


Confiance Dietary Supplement Tablets


Contactasol Solar Saline Spray


Coppertone Sun Tanning Lotion SPF6


Cullen's Headache Powders


Cuprofen Tablets


Dentu-Hold Liquid


Dettox Antibacterial Cleanser


Dextro Energy Glucose Tablets


Dietade Dietary Foods Fruit Sugar


Dusk Insect Repellant Cream


Elagen


Elsan Blue Liquid


Evening Primrose Oil Capsules


Fanalgic Syrup


Fanalgic Tablets


Farley's Farex Weaning Food


Farley's Premcare


Farley's Premcare Ready-to-Feed


Femafen Capsules


Fennings Adult Cooling Powders


GF Dietary Gluten-Free Carob Marble Cake


GF Dietary Gluten-Free Christmas Pudding


Health Aid Vitamin E Cream


Health Aid Vitamin E Hand and Body Lotion


Hedex Extra Caplets


Hill's Adult Balsam


Ibrufhalal Tablets


Jungle Formula Insect Repellent Gel


K'an Herbal Preparations


Kolynos Denture Fixative


Lem-Plus Capsules


Lemsip Cold Relief Capsules


Lemsip Night Time Liquid


Lotil Facial Cream


Maws Sterilising Tablets


Meltus Adult Dry Cough Elixir


Meltus Adult Expectorant


Meltus Baby Cough Linctus


Meltus Honey and Lemon Cough Linctus


Meltus Junior Expectorant


Mentholatum Deep Freeze Spray


Migrafen Tablets


Milton Sterilising Tablets


Minadex Chewable Vitamin Tablets


Mu-Cron Junior Syrup


Napisan Nappy Treatment


Natusan Baby Ointment


Neutrogena Body Oil (Scented and Unscented)


Neutrogena Conditioner


Neutrogena Hand Cream


Neutrogena Lip Care


Neutrogena Liquid


Neutrogena Moisture


Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Body Emulsion


Neutrogena Rainbath Shower and Bath Gel


Neutrogena Shampoo


Nicotinell TTS Patches


Novaprin Tablets


Pacifene Tablets


Panaleve Six Plus Suspension


Panerel Tablets


Perform 1 Disinfecting Solution


Perform 2 Rinsing and Neutralising Solution


Pestroy Flea and Insect Powder


Phisohex System Medicated Face Wash


Phygeine Liquid


Pine Bath Milk


Power Nature Vitamin E Cream


Pregaine Shampoo


PR Freeze Spray


Probase 3 Cream


Proflex Capsules


Radian-B Mineral Bath Liquid


Radian-B Mineral Bath Salts


Reach Mouthwash


Relcofen Tablets


Remegel Tablets


Rennie Rap-Eze Tablets


Rite-Diet Gluten-Free Banana Cake


Rite-Diet Gluten-Free Biscuits (milk chocolate digestive biscuit)


Rite-Diet Gluten-Free Coconut Cookies


Rite-Diet Gluten-Free Date and Walnut Cake


Rite-Diet Gluten-Free Ginger Cake


Rite-Diet Gluten-Free Gingernut Cookies


Rite-Diet Lemon Cake


Roskens Ultracare 3


Savlon Dry Skin Cream


Seven Seas Vitamin and Mineral Tonic


Slim-Fast Meal Replacement


SP Cold Relief Capsules


Sunnyvale Gluten-Free Rich Plum Pudding


Supradyn Capsules


Supradyn Effervescent Tablets


Supradyn Tablets for Children


Tenaset Wash Cream


Tenaset Wash Cream (Unperfumed)


Tixylix Cough and Cold Linctus


Tixylix Day-Time Cough Linctus


Tixylix Decongestant Inhalant Capsules


Unichem Cold Relief Day-Time Liquid


Unichem Cold Relief Night-Time Liquid


Unichem Cold Relief Powders


Vicks Vaposyrup for Chesty Coughs


Vicks Vaposyrup for Chesty Coughs and Nasal Congestion


Vicks Vaposyrup for Dry Coughs


Vicks Vaposyrup for Dry Coughs and Nasal Congestion.

Substitution of Schedule 2B to the principal Regulations
    3.    For Schedule 2B to the principal Regulations (drugs to be supplied by general medical practitioners or prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services only in certain circumstances) there shall be substituted the following Schedule:—
SCHEDULE 2BRegulation 2(1)

DRUGS TO BE SUPPLIED BY GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS OR PRESCRIBED FOR SUPPLY UNDER PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES ONLY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES


(1)	(2)	(3)
Drug	Patient	Condition
Acetylcysteine Granules	Any patient	Abdominal complications associated with cystic fibrosis
Carbocisteine	A patient under the age of 18 who has undergone a tracheostomy	Any condition which, through damage or disease, affects the airways and has required a tracheostomy
Clobazam	Any patient	Epilepsy
Cyanocobalamin Tablets	Any patient who is a vegan or who has a proven vitamin B12 deficiency of dietary origin	Treatment or prevention of vitamin B12 deficiency
Pregnavite Forte F Tablets	A woman who has previously given birth to a child (whether or not born alive) with a defect of the neural tube or aborted a foetus with such a defect	Reduction of the risk of spina bifida or anencephaly in a child which may be born to the patient

Fraser of Carmyllie

Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh

5th October 1992

These Regulations, which come into force on 2nd November 1992, amend the National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1974 ("the principal Regulations") which regulate the terms on which doctors and chemists provide general medical services and pharmaceutical services under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.

Schedule 2A to the principal Regulations list drugs and other substances which cannot be supplied by doctors, or prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services. Regulation 2 deletes certain substances from, and adds other substances to, that Schedule.

Schedule 2B to the principal Regulations lists certain drugs which may be prescribed under the NHS but only for specific clinical conditions. Regulation 3 in substituting that Schedule includes a new drug, Cyanocobalamin Tablets.

[1] 1978 c. 29; section 19 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) ("the 1980 Act"), section 7, by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 7, paragraph 2, by the Medical Act 1983 (c. 54), Schedule 5, paragraph 17(a) and by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) ("the 1990 Act"), section 37; section 27 was amended by the 1980 Act, section 20(2), by the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 66), section 3(3) and by the 1990 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 19(7); seesection 108(1) for definitions of "prescribed" and "regulations". back

[2] S.I. 1974/506; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1985/296, 534, 804 and 1713, 1986/303, 925, 1507 and 2310, 1987/1382, 1988/1073 and 2259, 1989/1883 and 1990, 1990/883 and 2509 and 1991/572 and 2241. back