The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services and Pharmaceutical Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2006

Amendment of Schedule 5 to the PMS Agreements Regulations

5.  In Schedule 5 (other contractual terms) to the PMS Agreements Regulations—

(a) in paragraph 50(3) and (4) (terms relating to the provision of dispensing services), after “independent nurse prescriber” at each place where it occurs (four times), insert “or a pharmacist independent prescriber”;

(b) in paragraph 53(2) (qualifications of performers)—

(i) omit the final “or” in paragraph (b);

(ii) in paragraph (c) for “began.” substitute “began; or”; and

(iii) after paragraph (c), add the following paragraph—

“(d) a medical practitioner, who—

(i) is not a GP Registrar;

(ii) is undertaking a programme of post-registration supervised clinical practice supervised by the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (“a post-registration programme”);

(iii) has notified the Primary Care Trust that he will be undertaking part or all of a post-registration programme in its area at least 24 hours before commencing any part of that programme taking place in that the Primary Care Trust’s area; and

(iv) has, with that notification, provided the Primary Care Trust with evidence sufficient for it to satisfy itself that he is undertaking a post-registration programme,

but only in so far as any medical services that the medical practitioner performs constitute part of a post-registration programme.”;

(c) in paragraph 59(1) (which relates to conditions for employment and engagement), after the word “agreement”, insert “, other than a medical practitioner falling within paragraph 53(2)(d),”;

(d) in paragraphs 65(2) and (3) (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”; and

(e) in the heading for paragraph 65, after “independent nurse prescribers” insert “, pharmacist independent prescribers”.