Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 2620

      The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1994


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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1994 No. 2620

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1994

Made 10th October 1994
Laid before Parliament 11th October 1994
Coming into force 1st November 1994

    The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on her by sections 29 and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977[1] and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations—
    Citation and commencement
        1.    These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 1st November 1994.
    Amendment of the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992
        2.—(1)  The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992[2] shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

        (2)  In Schedule 10 (drugs and other substances not to be prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services)—
       (a) the following entries shall be omitted—
        Algipan
        Beecham Coughcaps
        Benylin Chesty Cough Linctus
        Benylin Decongestant Linctus
        Benylin Dry Cough Linctus
        Biocare Hepaguard Capsules
        Bioflav Compound Tablets
        Bioflav Compound + C Tablets
        Cremalgin
        Diazepam oral solution 5mg/ml
        Diazepam oral suspension 5mg/ml
        Fluimucil
        FSC Super B-Supreme High-Potency Capsules
        Halibut Oil A & D Capsules
        Health+Plus Compound B Tablets
        Healthilife Vitamin E Soya Free Tablets
        Hill's Junior Balsam
        Hydrox Hand Rub
        Junior Disprol Suspension
        Lanes Lecigran Capsules
        Lemsip Night-Time Liquid
        Midro-Tea Power
        Nicotine Patch
        Phor Pain Tablets
        Phor Pain Double Strength Tablets
        Protofibe Tablets
        Quest Supa-Mega B-50 Timed Release Tablets
        Quest Supa-Mega B + C Complex Tablets
        Radian B Liniment
        Radian B Rub
        Savlon Baby Care Baby Bath
        Savlon Baby Care Lotion
        Savlon Baby Care Oil
        Savlon Baby Care Powder
        Savlon Baby Care Shampoo
        Savlon Baby Care Soap
        Seba-Med Liquid Cleaner
        Softtab Soft Lens Care Tablets
        Spectraban 10 Lotion
        Sun Yums Gluten Free & Dairy Free Muffins
        Vicks Vaposyrup Childrens; and
       (b) the following entries shall be inserted at such places in the alphabetical order of the entries in that Schedule as are appropriate—
        Algipan Rub
        Arret Capsules
        Audax Ear Drops
        Benylin Chesty Coughs Original
        Benylin Children's Coughs
        Benylin Cough & Congestion
        Benylin Day & Night Tablets
        Benylin Dry Coughs Original
        Biocare Hep 194 (Hepaguard) Capsules
        Bioflav Complex Tablets
        Bioflav Complex + C Tablets
        Boots Nasal Spray
        Contac Coughcaps
        Cremalgin Balm
        Dermacort Cream
        Diazepam oral solution 5mg/5ml
        Diazepam oral suspension 5mg/5ml
        Diocalm Ultra Capsules
        Dioctyl Ear Drops
        Disprol Infant Suspension
        Fefol Spansule Capsules
        Fefol Z Spansule Capsules
        Feospan Spansule Capsules
        Fergon Tablets
        Ferrocap Capsules
        Ferrocap F-350 Capsules
        Fluimucil Granules
        Folicin Tablets
        FSC Super B-Supreme High-Potency Tablets
        Halibut Oil A & D Capsules (G R Lane Health Products)
        HC45 Cream
        Health+Plus Complex B Tablets
        Healthilife Vitamin E Soya Free Capsules
        Hill's Balsam Children's Mixture for Chesty Coughs
        Hydrex Hand Rub
        Kaodene Suspension
        Lanacort Cream
        Lanacort Ointment
        Lanes Lecigran Granules
        Ledercort Cream
        Lemsip Flu Strength Night Time Formula
        Midro-Tea Powder
        Nasal Drops for Children (Boots)
        Nezeril Nose Drops (single dose pipette)
        Niconil Transdermal Patch
        Nicotine Patch (QHR Limited)
        Niferex 150 Tablets
        Phor Pain
        Phor Pain Double Strength
        Pregnavite Forte F Tablets
        Proctofibre Tablets
        Quest Super Mega B-50 Timed Release Tablets
        Quest Super Mega B + C Tablets
        Radian-B Liniment
        Radian-B Rub
        Seba-Med Facial Wash
        Softab Soft Lens Care Tablets
        Vicks Vaposyrup Childrens Dry Cough
        Zenoxone Cream.

        (3)  In Schedule 11 (drugs to be prescribed under pharmacuetical services only in certain circumstances)—
       (a) the entry relating to Pregnavite Forte F Tablets shall be omitted; and
       (b) after the entry relating to Cyanocobalamin, there shall be inserted in columns 1, 2 and 3 respectively the following—
        Niferex Elixir 30ml Paediatric Dropper Bottle Infants born prematurely Prophylaxis and treatment of iron deficiency
        Nizoral Cream Any patient Treatment of seborrhoeic dermatitis and pityriasis versicolor


Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Tom Sackville

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of Health

10th October 1994.






EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
    These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992 ("the Principal Regulations") which regulate the terms on which doctors provide general medical services under the National Health Service Act 1977.
    Regulation 2(2)(a) removes certain substances from the list in Schedule 10 to the Principal Regulations which lists drugs and other substances which may not be prescribed for supply in the course of pharmaceutical services under the National Health Service Act 1977, and regulation 2(2)(b) and includes certain other substances in that list. Regulation 2(3)(a) removes a substance in Schedule 11 to the Principal Regulations which lists substances which may be prescribed only in certain circumstances, and regulation 2(3)(b) includes certain other substances in that list.



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Notes:

[1] 1977 c. 49; see section 128(1) for the definitions of "prescribed" and "regulations". Section 29 was extended by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 17; and amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), sections 1 and 7 and Schedule 1, paragraph 42(b); by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 6, paragraph 2; by the Medical Act 1983 (c. 54), section 56(1) and Schedule 5, paragraph 16(a); and by S.I. 1985/39, article 7(3). Section 126(4) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 65(2). back

[2] S.I. 1992/635; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1992/2412 and 1993/2421. back

 

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