Part IIE+W+S General Medical, General Dental, General Ophthalmic, and Pharmaceutical Services

Pharmaceutical servicesE+W+S

41 Arrangements for pharmaceutical services.E+W+S

[F1It is the duty of every Family Practitioner Committee, in accordance with regulations, to arrange as respects their locality for the [F2provision to persons who are in that locality of]]

(a)proper and sufficient drugs and medicines and listed appliances which are ordered for those persons by a medical practitioner in pursuance of his functions in the health service, the Scottish health service, the Northern Ireland health service or the armed forces of the Crown (excluding forces of a Commonwealth country and forces raised in a colony; . . . F3

[F4(b)proper and sufficient drugs and medicines which are ordered for those persons by a dental practitioner in pursuance of the provision by [F5a health authority][F6or an NHS trust] of dental services; . . . F7

(c)listed drugs and medicines which are ordered for those persons by a dental practitioner in pursuance of the provision by him of general dental services.][F8and

(d)such other services as may be prescribed.]

The services so provided are in this Act referred to as “pharmaceutical services”.

In this section—

  • listed” means included in a list for the time being approved by the Secretary for the purposes of this section; and

  • the Scottish health service” and “the Northern Ireland health service” mean respectively the health service established in pursuance of section 1 of the M1National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 or any service provided in pursuance of Article 4(a) of the M2Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.