The Health and Social Care Information Centre (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023

National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013

47.—(1) The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2, in paragraph (1)—

(a) in the definition of “Electronic Prescription Service”, for “the Information Centre” substitute “NHS England”;

(b) omit the definitions of “Information Centre” and “NHS Digital directory of services”;

(c) at the appropriate place insert—

““NHS England directory of services” means the directory of services, maintained by NHS England, which is accessed by NHS urgent and emergency care services if a patient is in need of urgent assistance from a health care professional or urgent access to health care advice;”;

(d) in the definitions of “NHSmail” and “PDS patient details”, for “the Information Centre” substitute “NHS England”.

(3) In Schedule 4—

(a) in paragraph 7(5), for “the Information Centre” substitute “NHS England”;

(b) in paragraph 29C(3), for “NHS Digital directory of services” substitute “NHS England directory of services”.

(4) In Schedule 5, in paragraph 6(3)(c), for “the Information Centre” substitute “NHS England”.

(5) In Schedule 6, in paragraph 4(c), for “the Information Centre” substitute “NHS England”.

(6) In Schedule 7, in paragraph 5(5), for “the Information Centre” substitute “NHS England”.

(1)

S.I. 2013/349. Amended by S.I. 2020/1126 and 2018/1114; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.