SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 Pilot Schemes

Effect of proposals on existing services

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(1)

Proposals for a pilot scheme submitted under paragraph 2, or included in an application for preliminary approval of proposals under paragraph 4, must include—

(a)

an assessment by the F1Primary Care Trust or Health Authority of the likely effect of the implementation of the proposals in the F2area of the Primary Care Trust or Health Authority on the services mentioned in sub-paragraph (2);

(b)

any assessment supplied to the F1Primary Care Trust or Health Authority by another F1Primary Care Trust or Health Authority under sub-paragraph (4).

(2)

The services are—

(a)

pharmaceutical services (within the meaning of section 41 of the 1977 Act);

(b)

local pharmaceutical services provided under existing pilot schemes or LPS schemes (within the meaning of Schedule 8A to the 1977 Act);

F3(c)

primary medical services provided under Part 1 of the 1977 Act.

(3)

If it appears to a F1Primary Care Trust or Health Authority that the proposals would, if implemented, affect any of the services mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) provided in the area of another F1Primary Care Trust or Health Authority, they must consult that other F1Primary Care Trust or Health Authority about the proposals before submitting them under paragraph 2 or including them in an application for preliminary approval under paragraph 4.

(4)

A F1Primary Care Trust or Health Authority consulted under sub-paragraph (3) must prepare an assessment of the likely effect of the implementation of the proposals on those services and supply it to the F1Primary Care Trust or Health Authority which consulted them.