The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1992

Standards of, and payments for, drugs and appliances

18.—(1) For the purpose of enabling arrangements to be made for the provision of pharmaceutical services, the Secretary of State shall compile and publish a statement (in these Regulations referred to as “the Drug Tariff”) which he may amend from time to time and which shall include—

(a) the list of appliances for the time being approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 41 of the Act;

(b) the list of chemical reagents for the time being approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 41 of the Act;

(c) the list of drugs for the time being approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 41 of the Act;

(d) the prices on the basis of which the payment for drugs and appliances ordinarily supplied is to be calculated;

(e) the method of calculating the payment for drugs not mentioned in the Drug Tariff;

(f) the method of calculating the payment for containers and medicine measures;

(g) the dispensing or other fees payable in respect of the supply of drugs and appliances and of supplemental services;

(h) arrangements for claiming fees, allowances and other remuneration for the provision of pharmaceutical services;

(i) the method by which a claim may be made for compensation for financial loss in respect of oxygen equipment.

(2) The prices referred to in paragraph (1)(d) may be fixed prices or may be subject to monthly or other periodical variations to be determined by reference to fluctuations in the cost of drugs and appliances.

(3) A chemist shall supply, in response to a request from the Secretary of State within 30 days of the notification of the request, any information which the Secretary of State may require for the purpose of conducting any inquiry into the prices, payments, fees, allowances and remuneration specified in paragraph (1)(d) to (i).