PART 4Amendments to the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015 and the National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 2015

Amendment of regulation 3 of the GMS Regulations15

1

Regulation 3 of the GMS Regulations23 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph (1)—

a

omit the definitions of “listed medicines” and “listed medicines voucher”; and

b

at the appropriate places in the alphabetical order insert—

  • “listed prescription items” means the prescription items mentioned in regulation 13(1) of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2015 (exemption from charges: risks to public health);

  • “listed prescription items voucher” means a form which—

    1. a

      is provided or approved by the Board for the purposes of ordering a prescription item mentioned in regulation 13(1) of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2015; and

    2. b

      may be an electronic form sent or to be sent via a secure service approved for this purpose by the Board;