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27B.—(1) Notwithstanding the forgoing provisions of this Part, in order to assist in the management of a serious risk or potentially serious risk to human health which arises as a consequence of a disease being, or in anticipation of a disease being imminently, pandemic, an NHS pharmacist (P) may, with the agreement of [F2NHS England], limit for a specified period (within P’s core and supplementary opening hours) the pharmaceutical services provided at or from P’s pharmacy premises to relevant immunisation services.
(2) If [F2NHS England] has made an announcement to the effect that there are particular arrangements under this paragraph that it is prepared to agree, and P limits P’s provision of pharmaceutical services to relevant immunisation services in a manner that is consistent with that announcement, it is to be assumed (in the absence of a contrary notification from [F2NHS England] to P) that P has the agreement of [F2NHS England] to those arrangements.
(3) In this paragraph, “relevant immunisation services” means directed services that provide for the administration of a medicinal product for vaccination or immunisation against coronavirus or influenza virus in accordance with—
(a)a patient group direction that meets the conditions of regulation 233 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (exemption for supply etc under a PGD by a person conducting a retail pharmacy business); or
(b)a protocol that meets the conditions of regulation 247A of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (protocols relating to coronavirus and influenza vaccinations and immunisations),
and for these purposes, “coronavirus” has the meaning given in section 1(1) of the Coronavirus Act 2020.]
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F1Sch. 4 para. 27B inserted (9.11.2020) by The National Health Service (Charges and Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1126), regs. 1(2), 13
F2Words in Regulations substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1
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