The National Health Service (General Medical Services Supplementary List) (Wales) (Amendment), the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 3), the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 3) and the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Medical Services Supplementary List) (Wales) Regulations 2002 (“the Supplementary List Regulations”) which provide for a supplementary list to be kept by Health Authorities in accordance with the provisions of section 43D of the National Health Service Act 1977 (“the 1977 Act”) and further amend the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992 (“the GMS Regulations”) which regulate the terms on which doctors provide general medical services under the 1977 Act. The Regulations also amend the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1992 (“the GDS Regulations”) which regulate the terms on which dentists provide general dental services under the 1977 Act and the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Regulations 1986 which regulate the terms on which ophthalmic medical practitioners or opticians provide general ophthalmic services under the 1977 Act.

The GMS Regulations, the GDS Regulations and the GOS Regulations were recently amended by Statutory Instruments 2002/1896 (W.197), 2002/1881 (W.190) and 2002/1883 (W. 192) respectively. These Regulations correct typographical errors introduced into the GMs, GDS and GOS Regulations by the amending instruments and resolve anomalies in the bilingual text.

The Supplementary List Regulations are similarly amended.