The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Amendment of Schedule 6 to the principal Regulations

3.—(1) Schedule 6 (other contractual terms) to the principal Regulations is amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) for paragraph 38 (prescribing), substitute—

“38   The contractor shall ensure that—

(a) any prescription form or repeatable prescription for drugs, medicines or appliances issued by a prescriber; and

(b) any home oxygen order form issued by a health care professional,

complies as appropriate with the requirements in paragraphs 39, and 41 to 44.”;

(3) In paragraph 39 (which relates to prescribing)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), after “Subject to” insert “sub-paragraph (1A) and to”;

(b) after sub-paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A) A health care professional shall order any home oxygen services which are needed for the treatment of any patient who is receiving treatment under the contract by issuing a home oxygen order form.”; and

(c) after sub-paragraph (3), insert—

“(3A) A home oxygen order form shall be signed by a health care professional.”;

(4) for paragraph 65 (signing of documents), substitute—

“65— (1) In addition to any other requirements relating to such documents whether in these regulations or otherwise, the contractor shall ensure—

(a) that the documents specified in sub paragraph (2) include—

(i) the clinical profession of the health care professional who signed the document; and

(ii) the name of the contractor on whose behalf it is signed; and

(b) that the documents specified in sub-paragraph (3) include the clinical profession of the health care professional who signed the document.

(2) The documents referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) are—

(a) certificates issued in accordance with regulation 21, unless regulations relating to particular certificates require otherwise; and

(b) any other clinical documents, apart from those documents specified in sub-paragraph (3).

(3) The documents referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) are batch issues, prescription forms, repeatable prescriptions and home oxygen order forms.”.