The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Amendment of paragraph 3 of Schedule 2

6.  In Schedule 2 (applications in respect of pharmaceutical lists and the procedures to be followed), in Part 1 (information to be included in routine and excepted applications), in paragraph 3 (fitness information about individuals: routine and excepted applications for inclusion in a pharmaceutical list), in sub-paragraph (7), for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) personal work history for the previous 7 years from the date on which the application is submitted, together with a declaration by P (where it can be made, in the case of sub-paragraphs (ii) and (iii)) that—

(i) the details provided are a complete and accurate account of that personal work history,

(ii) P has not been dismissed in that time, and if P cannot make this declaration, the reasons for being unable to do so must be covered in P’s personal work history,

(iii) P has not had a break of more than 6 months from work in that time, and if P cannot make this declaration, the reasons for being unable to do so must be covered in P’s personal work history, and

(iv) if P is an NHS chemist, or is a partner in or a director or superintendent of a NHS chemist, P or the NHS chemist in which P is a partner or of which P is a director or superintendent, has complied with the requirements of paragraph 31 of Schedule 4 and paragraph 21 of Schedule 5 that are applicable to P.”.