The National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st February 2003.

(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995(1).

Amendment of Schedule 10 to the principal Regulations

2.  In Schedule 10 to the principal Regulations (drugs and other substances not to be supplied by general medical practitioners or prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services) the following entries shall be deleted:–

• Fabrol Granules

• Fluimucil Granules

• Methylcisteine Tablets 100 mg

• Mucodyne Capsules

• Mucodyne Forte Syrup

• Mucodyne Forte Tablets

• Mucodyne Paediatric Syrup

• Mucodyne Syrup

• Visclair Tablets

Amendment of Schedule 11 to the principal Regulations

3.  In Schedule 11 to the principal Regulations (drugs to be supplied by general medical practitioners or prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services only in certain circumstances)–

(a) the following entries shall be deleted:–

• “Acetylcysteine Granules” in column 1 and the entries in columns 2 and 3 which relate to that entry;

• “Carbocisteine” in column 1 and the entries in columns 2 and 3 which relate to that entry; and

  (b)

  after the entry “Moxisylyte Hydrochloride (Erecnos)” in each of columns 1 and 2 there is inserted “Tadalafil (Cialis)”.

MALCOLM CHISHOLM

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

8th January 2003