(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations further amend the General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (“the principal Regulations”) which regulate the terms on which doctors provide general medical services under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.
Regulation 2 includes certain drugs in Schedule 11 to the principal Regulations, which lists drugs and other substances which may only be prescribed in certain circumstances.
These Regulations impose no cost on business.