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5.—(1) This sub-paragraph applies where—
(a)a person requests an appliance from an NHS appliance contractor in accordance with a prescription form or repeatable prescription, and
(b)a SSP has effect in respect of—
(i)the requested appliance, or
(ii)appliances of a specified description, and the requested appliance is of that description.
(2) Where sub-paragraph (1) applies, an NHS appliance contractor must consider whether it is reasonable and appropriate to supply in accordance with the SSP instead of in accordance with the prescription form or repeatable prescription.
(3) Where sub-paragraph (1) applies, an NHS appliance contractor may provide a different product or quantity of product to the product or quantity of product ordered on the prescription form or repeatable prescription, where—
(a)the NHS appliance contractor is able to do so with reasonable promptness,
(b)to do so is in accordance with the SSP, and
(c)the NHS appliance contractor is of the opinion that supplying a different product or quantity of product to that ordered by the prescriber is reasonable and appropriate.
(4) Where an NHS appliance contractor, in accordance with sub-paragraph (3), provides a different product or quantity of product to that ordered by the prescriber—
(a)the NHS appliance contractor must endorse the prescription or the associated batch issue accordingly (if the manner for making the endorsement is provided for in the Drug Tariff, in the manner provided for in the Drug Tariff), and the prescription or associated batch issue as so endorsed is treated as being the prescription for product reimbursement purposes (even though the supply is not in pursuance of that prescription), and
(b)if—
(i)the patient to or for whom the product is provided is on a patient list, and
(ii)the supply is of a type in relation to which the Welsh Ministers and the person who is, for the time being, the person consulted under section 89(1)(a) of the 2006 Act in respect of pharmaceutical remuneration of NHS appliance contractors, acting jointly, have issued and publicised in such manner as they see fit a recommendation to the effect that, for clinical reasons, in the case of supplies of that type, providers of primary medical services should be notified of a supply to a patient on their patient list that is in accordance with a SSP instead of in accordance with a prescription form or repeatable prescription,
the NHS appliance contractor must notify the provider of primary medical services on whose patient list the patient is, of the supply in accordance with a SSP instead of in accordance with a prescription form or repeatable prescription.
(5) Where—
(a)sub-paragraph (1) applies,
(b)an NHS appliance contractor is of the opinion that supplying a different product or quantity of product to that ordered by the prescriber is unreasonable or inappropriate, and
(c)the NHS appliance contractor is able to supply the product or quantity of product ordered by the prescriber within a reasonable timescale but not with reasonable promptness,
the requirement to act with reasonable promptness in paragraph 4(2) is to be read as a requirement to act within a reasonable timescale.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 6 para. 5 in force at 1.10.2020, see reg. 1(2)(b)
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