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6. After paragraph 5A(1) (supply in accordance with a SSP) insert—
5B.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Part, where—
(a)an NHS Pharmacist (P) receives, via a secure service approved by the NHSCB for this purpose, an electronic message that amounts to an order for the supply of a drug in accordance with a PTP; and
(b)a person who is entitled to be supplied with that drug in pursuance of that order requests the provision of the drug in accordance with that order,
P must, with reasonable promptness, provide the drug so ordered.
(2) If a person who is entitled as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) asks P to do so—
(a)P must give an estimate of the time when the drug will be ready; and
(b)if they are not ready by then, P must give a revised estimate of the time when they will be ready (until they are ready).”.
Paragraph 5A was inserted by S.I. 2019/990.
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