The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2013

Inspections and access to information

11.—(1) A dispensing doctor must allow persons authorised by the Local Health Board to enter and inspect any premises that he or she uses for the provision of pharmaceutical services at any reasonable time, for the purposes of—

(a) ascertaining whether or not the dispensing doctor is complying with the requirements of this Schedule;

(b) auditing, monitoring and analysing—

(i) the provision made by the dispensing doctor, in the course of providing pharmaceutical services, for patient care and treatment, including any arrangement made with a person in respect of provision of appliances, and

(ii) the management by the dispensing doctor of the pharmaceutical services he or she provides,

where the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) are satisfied.

(2) The conditions are that—

(a) reasonable notice of the intended entry has been given;

(b) the Local Medical Committee for the area in which the premises are situated has been invited to be present at the inspection, where this is requested by the dispensing doctor;

(c) the person authorised in writing carries written evidence of his or her authorisation, which must be produced on request; and

(d) he or she does not enter any part of the premises used solely as residential accommodation without the consent of the resident.

(3) A dispensing doctor must, at the request of the Local Health Board or of a person authorised in writing mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), allow it or that person access to any information which it or that person reasonably requires—

(a) for the purposes mentioned in sub-paragraph (1); or

(b) in the case of the Local Health Board, in connection with its functions that relate to pharmaceutical services.