2000 No. 190

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

The National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2000

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 2(5), 19, 105(7) and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19781 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st August 2000.

2

In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 19952.

Amendment of Schedule 10 to the principal Regulations2

In Schedule 10 to the principal Regulations (drugs and other substances not to be supplied by general practitioners or prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services) after the entry “Propain Tablets” there is inserted “Propecia”.

SUSAN C DEACONA member of the Scottish ExecutiveSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 (S.I.1995/416) (“the principal Regulations”) which regulate the terms on which doctors provide general medical services under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.

Regulation 2 adds the drug Propecia to the list in Schedule 10 to the principal Regulations, which identifies those drugs and other substances which are not to be supplied by general medical practitioners or prescribed for supply in the course of pharmaceutical services under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.