Amendment of regulation 56 of the GMS Regulations

13.  In regulation 56 of the GMS Regulations(1) (orders for drugs, medicines or appliances), after paragraph (5) insert—

“(5A) A prescriber must only order one prescription item on a prescription form or repeatable prescription that is used by the prescriber for ordering a listed HRT prescription item.

(5B) For the purposes of paragraph (5A), “listed HRT prescription item” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 17A(1)(a) of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2015, read with regulation 17A(7) of those Regulations.”.

(1)

Amended by S.I. 2018/1114.