The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Regulations 2018

[F1 Supplementary vaccinations and immunisations

5.— (1) Where directions given under section 17M [F2 of the Act] have provided for a fee to be payable for the provision of a vaccination or immunisation of a specified type in specified circumstances, but those directions have not specified that the vaccination or immunisation is to form part of the vaccinations and immunisations described by paragraph 3 or the childhood vaccinations and immunisations described by paragraph 4, the vaccination or immunisation is to be considered a “supplementary vaccination and immunisation”.

(2) Subject to paragraph 1, a Health Board may require a provider to provide to their patients any of the supplementary vaccinations and immunisations.

(3) A provider who is required to provide any supplementary vaccination and immunisation to their patients must comply with the requirements in sub-paragraph (4) and (5).

(4) The provider must—

(a) offer to provide to patients all such vaccinations and immunisations which the Health Board may specify;

(b) provide appropriate information and advice to patients about such vaccinations and immunisations or, where appropriate, if the patient is a child, provide this information and advice to their parents;

(c) record in the patient’s record kept in accordance with paragraph 36 of schedule 1 any refusal of the [F3 offer] referred to in sub-paragraph (a);

(d) where the offer is accepted, administer the vaccinations and immunisations and include in the patient’s record kept in accordance with paragraph 36 of schedule 1—

(i) the patient’s consent to vaccination or immunisation, or the name of the person who gave consent to the vaccination or immunisation and that person’s relationship to the patient;

(ii) the batch numbers, expiry date and title of the vaccine;

(iii) the date of administration;

(iv) in a case where two vaccines are administered in close succession, the route of administration and the injection site of each vaccine;

(v) any contraindications to the vaccination or immunisation; and

(vi) any adverse reactions to the vaccination or immunisation.

(5) The provider must ensure that all staff involved in administering vaccines are trained in the recognition and initial treatment of anaphylaxis.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3A inserted (18.10.2021) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services and Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/302), regs. 1, 18

F2 Words in sch. 3A para. 5(1) inserted (28.5.2022) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/130), regs. 1(2), 24(a)

F3 Word in sch. 3A para. 5(4)(c) substituted (28.5.2022) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/130), regs. 1(2), 24(b)