The Health and Personal Social Services (Primary Medical Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Amendment of Schedule 5 of the GMS Contracts Regulations

5.  In Schedule 5 (other contractual terms) to the GMS Contracts regulations—

(a) in paragraph 45(3) and (4) (terms relating to the provision of dispensing services), after “independent nurse prescriber” at each place where it occurs (three times), insert “or a pharmacist independent prescriber”;

(b) in paragraph 48(2) (qualifications of performers), after head (c), add the following head—

“(d) a medical practitioner who is undergoing a programme of post-registration supervised clinical practice approved by the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board, but only in so far as any medical services such a medical practitioner performs constitute part of that programme.”;

(c) in paragraph 54(1), after the word “contract”, insert “, other than a medical practitioner falling within paragraph 48(2)(d),”;

(d) in paragraph 60(1) and (2) (which relate to independent nurse prescribers and supplementary prescribers), after “independent nurse prescriber”, at each place where it occurs (seven times), insert “, a pharmacist independent prescriber”;

(e) in the heading for paragraph 60, after “independent nurse prescribers” insert “, pharmacist independent prescribers”; and

(f) in paragraph 116 (gifts), in sub-paragraph (2)(f), after “spouse”, insert “or civil partner”.