PART 6Amendment of Schedule 6 to the PLPS Regulations

New paragraph 3B21

After paragraph 3A20 (supply in accordance with a SSP) insert—

Supply in accordance with a PTP3B

1

Subject to the following provisions of this Part, where—

a

a dispensing doctor (D) receives, via a secure service approved by the NHSCB for this purpose, an electronic message that amounts to an order for the supply of a drug in accordance with a PTP; and

b

a person who is entitled to be supplied with that drug in pursuance of that order requests the provision of the drug in accordance with that order,

D must, with reasonable promptness, provide the drug so ordered.

2

If a person requesting the provision of the drug asks D to do so—

a

D must give an estimate of the time when the drug will be ready; and

b

if they are not ready by then, D must give a revised estimate of the time when they will be ready (until they are ready).

3

Where D provides a drug under sub-paragraph (1), D must include a dispensing label on the packaging of the product and include in the label (in addition to the particulars required or permitted by Part 1 of Schedule 26 to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012), for the patient’s benefit, information to the effect that the product is being supplied in accordance with a PTP, identifying the particular PTP.