Prospective
Provision of dispensing services E+W
60.—(1) The contractor may only provide, and must ensure that those employed or engaged by it only provide, pharmaceutical services or dispensing services in the circumstances provided for in the Pharmaceutical Regulations.
(2) Where the contractor, or a person employed or engaged by the contractor, is included in the Local Health Board’s dispensing doctor list, the contractor must ensure that in the provision of any pharmaceutical services or dispensing services the contractor, and the dispensing doctor (and any person authorised to dispense on their behalf under the Pharmaceutical Regulations)—
(a)complies with the terms of service applicable to the person providing those pharmaceutical services or dispensing services by virtue of regulation 12(2) of the Pharmaceutical Regulations, and
(b)ensures that the patient to whom they are seeking to provide those services is aware that the relevant drugs or appliances are not only available from them (or by a person with whom the contractor is associated) and that the patient has the option to obtain those drugs or appliances from any NHS pharmacist.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 60 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(2)