Explanatory Note
(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.