SCHEDULE 6Terms of service of dispensing doctors

F1Supply in accordance with a PTP F2or a PTPGD

3B.

(1)

Subject to the following provisions of F3this Schedule, where—

(a)

a dispensing doctor (D) receives, via a secure service approved by F4NHS England for this purpose, an electronic message that amounts to an order for the supply of a drug in accordance with a PTP F5or a PTPGD; and

(b)

a person who is entitled to be supplied with that drug F6by D (Part 8 and this Schedule having that effect) in pursuance of that order requests the provision of the drug in accordance with that order,

D must, with reasonable promptness, provide the drug so ordered.

F7(1A)

Where D considers—

(a)

on the basis of a request for the supply of a drug in accordance with a PTP or a PTPGD that has been approved by F4NHS England as a basis for supply as part of pharmaceutical services;

(b)

having made the appropriate checks; and

(c)

having regard to what is reasonable and appropriate,

that a person is entitled to be supplied with the drug F8by D (Part 8 and this Schedule having that effect) in accordance with the PTP or PTPGD as part of pharmaceutical services, D must, with reasonable promptness, provide the drug requested.

(2)

If a person requesting the provision of the drug asks D to do so—

(a)

D must give an estimate of the time when the drug will be ready; and

(b)

if they are not ready by then, D must give a revised estimate of the time when they will be ready (until they are ready).

(3)

Where D provides a drug under sub-paragraph (1) F9or (1A), D must include a dispensing label on the packaging of the product and include in the label (in addition to the particulars required or permitted by Part 1 of Schedule 26 to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012), for the patient’s benefit, information to the effect that the product is being supplied in accordance with a PTP F10or a PTPGD, identifying the particular PTP F11or PTPGD.

F12(4)

Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply where arrangements are in place for the provision of the drug ordered pursuant to the PTP or PTPGD as part of a directed service which includes arrangements for the provision of such a drug ordered in accordance with such a PTP or PTPGD.

(5)

Sub-paragraph (1A) does not apply where arrangements are in place for the provision of the drug requested in accordance with the PTP or PTPGD as part of a directed service which includes arrangements for the provision of such a drug requested in accordance with such a PTP or PTPGD.