Part I Organisation

F1Assistance and support: primary medical services and pharmaceutical care services

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Amendments (Textual)
F1

S. 17Y and preceding cross-heading inserted (prosp.) by Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 13), ss. 24, 43(3)

17YAssistance and support: primary medical services and pharmaceutical care services

1

A Health Board may provide assistance and support to—

a

any person providing, or proposing to provide, primary medical services under a general medical services contract;

b

any person providing, or proposing to provide, such services in accordance with section 17C arrangements;

c

any person providing, or proposing to provide, pharmaceutical care services under a pharmaceutical care services contract.

2

Assistance and support provided by a Health Board under subsection (1) is to be provided on such terms, including terms as to payment, as the Board think fit.

3

In this section, “ assistance ” includes financial assistance.