Amendment of Schedule 2 to the GMS Prescription of Drugs Regulations
9. In Schedule 2 to the GMS Prescription of Drugs Regulations (drugs or medicines to be ordered only in certain circumstances)—
(a)in column 1 of the table (drugs) in the entry relating to drugs for the treatment of erectile dysfunction—
(i)omit “Apomorphine Hydrochloride”, “Moxisylyte Hydrochloride” and “Thymoxamine Hydrochloride”; and
(ii)after “Alprostadil” insert “Avanafil”;
(b)in column 2 of the table (patient) in the entry relating to the drug Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) for the treatment of influenza omit the wording “who is aged 1 year or over and” in each place it appears; and
(c)at the end of the table in the interpretation provision—
(i)omit the definitions of “at-risk” and “child”; and
(ii)in the appropriate alphabetical order, insert—
““at-risk” means in relation to a patient, a patient who—
(a)has chronic respiratory disease (including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease);
(b)has significant cardiovascular disease, excluding a patient who has hypertension only;
(c)has chronic renal disease;
(d)is immunocompromised;
(e)has diabetes mellitus;
(f)has chronic liver disease; or
(g)has chronic neurological disease;”.