National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978

Prospective

[F117YAssistance and support: primary medical services and pharmaceutical care servicesS

(1)A Health Board may provide assistance and support toβ€”

(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, β€œ assistance ” includes financial assistance. ]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 17Y and preceding cross-heading inserted (prosp.) by Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 13), ss. 24, 43(3)