2003 No. 11
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

The National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 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 Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st February 2003.

(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 medical practitioners or prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services) the following entries shall be deleted:–

  • Fabrol Granules

  • Fluimucil Granules

  • Methylcisteine Tablets 100 mg

  • Mucodyne Capsules

  • Mucodyne Forte Syrup

  • Mucodyne Forte Tablets

  • Mucodyne Paediatric Syrup

  • Mucodyne Syrup

  • Visclair Tablets

Amendment of Schedule 11 to the principal Regulations3.

In Schedule 11 to the principal Regulations (drugs to be supplied by general medical practitioners or prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services only in certain circumstances)–

(a)

the following entries shall be deleted:–

  • “Acetylcysteine Granules” in column 1 and the entries in columns 2 and 3 which relate to that entry;

  • “Carbocisteine” in column 1 and the entries in columns 2 and 3 which relate to that entry; and

    1. (a)

      after the entry “Moxisylyte Hydrochloride (Erecnos)” in each of columns 1 and 2 there is inserted “Tadalafil (Cialis)”.

MALCOLM CHISHOLM
A member of the Scottish Executive

St 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 (“the principal Regulations”) which regulate the terms on which doctors provide general medical services under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (“the 1978 Act”).

Regulation 2 removes 9 products from 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 1978 Act.

Regulation 3(a) removes 2 products from, and regulation 3(b) adds 1 product to, Schedule 11 to the principal Regulations, which identifies those drugs which may be supplied by general medical practitioners or prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services only in certain circumstances.