The National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2003

Made10th June 2003

Laid before the Scottish Parliament13th June 2003

Coming into force27th June 2003

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 and commencement1

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These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 27th June 2003.

Amendment of Schedule 11 to the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 19952

In Schedule 11 to the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 19952 (drugs to be supplied by general medical practitioners or prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services only in certain circumstances) after the entry “Thymoxamine Hydrochloride (Erecnos)”3 in each of columns 1 and 2 insert “Vardenafil (Levitra)”.

MALCOLM CHISHOLMA member of the Scottish ExecutiveSt Andrew’s House, Edinburgh10th June 2003

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995, which regulate the terms on which doctors provide general medical services under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.

Regulation 2 adds a product to Schedule 11 to those Regulations, which identifies those drugs which may be supplied by general medical practitioners or prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services only in certain circumstances.