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07 June 2012
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National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/1399)

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These Regulations amend Schedules to the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2005 that include NHS terms of service for suppliers of appliances and pharmacists.
Commencement date
1 July 2012

Legislation Affected

SI 2005/641 amended


Summary

Effect

"Pharmacists” in this context is a term which includes partnerships of pharmacists and pharmacy businesses, not just individual pharmacists. Pharmacists and suppliers of appliances providing NHS pharmaceutical services are included in a pharmaceutical list of a Primary Care Trust, and their NHS terms of service are the terms on which they are included in that list.

Removes the obligation to dispense certain drugs in a calendar pack of the size that is nearest to the quantity of the drug specified in the prescription, instead of dispensing the exact quantity of the drug specified in the prescription. A new obligation is instead placed on pharmacists to dispense drugs in readily available patient pack sizes, unless there are specified problems with doing so.

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