The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2009

Additional professional servicesS

This section has no associated Executive Note

4.—(1) A pharmacy contractor may undertake to provide additional professional services.

(2) In these Regulations “additional professional services” means–

(a)the setting aside in a pharmacy of an area for the display of health education material;

(b)the provision to the public of advice and counselling on medicines and appliances;

(c)the undertaking of clinical audits where clinical audit means the systematic and critical analysis of the quality of clinical care; and

(d)the publication by a pharmacy contractor of a practice leaflet which shall–

(i)include the name, address and telephone number of the pharmacy and the hours in each day of the week during which that pharmacy contractor provides pharmaceutical services from those premises;

(ii)detail the arrangements for dealing with after-hours and other urgent requirements from or in relation to that pharmacy;

(iii)state that National Health Service prescriptions are dispensed and which other National Health Service pharmaceutical services are provided; and

(iv)state that a pharmacist is available to advise and answer questions about medicines and the treatment of common ailments.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 4 in force at 1.7.2009, see reg. 1