Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 13)

Prospective

Part 3 S Pharmaceutical care services etc.

24 Assistance and support: primary medical services and pharmaceutical care services S

After section 17X of the 1978 Act (as inserted by section 23 above), insert—

“Assistance and support: primary medical services and pharmaceutical care services S

17Y Assistance and support: primary medical services and pharmaceutical care services

(1) A Health Board may provide assistance and support to—

(a) any person providing, or proposing to provide, primary medical services under a general medical services contract;

(b) any person providing, or proposing to provide, such services in accordance with section 17C arrangements;

(c) any person providing, or proposing to provide, pharmaceutical care services under a pharmaceutical care services contract.

(2) Assistance and support provided by a Health Board under subsection (1) is to be provided on such terms, including terms as to payment, as the Board think fit.

(3) In this section, “assistance” includes financial assistance.”.