2007 No. 502

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2007

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 17E, 28(1), 105(7) and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19781 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2007 and come into force on 30th November 2007.

Amendment of the National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Regulations 20042

1

The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Regulations 20042 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2 (interpretation)3–

a

in the definition of “immediate family member” after “spouse” insert “or civil partner”;

b

after the definition of “pharmacist” insert–

  • “pharmacist independent prescriber” means a person–

    1. a

      who is registered in Part 1 of the register maintained under article 10(1) of the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 20074 or the register maintained in pursuance of Articles 6 and 9 of The Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 19765; and

    2. b

      against whose name in the relevant register is recorded an annotation signifying that he or she is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a pharmacist independent prescriber;

c

in the definition of “prescriber”–

i

in sub-paragraph (b) omit “and”; and

ii

after sub-paragraph (c) insert–

and

d

a pharmacist independent prescriber,

3

In Schedule 1 (content of agreements)–

a

in paragraph 8(3)(a)(i) (patient preference of practitioner) omit “the care of”;

b

in paragraph 15(6), (7) and (9) (provision of dispensing services)6 for “or an independent nurse prescriber” substitute, at each place where it occurs, “, an independent nurse prescriber or a pharmacist independent prescriber”;

c

in paragraph 27(3)(a) (arrangements for GP registrars) for “Health Boards under 17E(3A) of the Act” substitute “NHS Education for Scotland”7;

d

in paragraph 28(1) and (2) (independent nurse prescribers and supplementary prescribers) for “or a supplementary prescriber”, at each place where it occurs, substitute “, a supplementary prescriber or a pharmacist independent prescriber”.

4

In Schedule 3 (agreements to provide additional services)–

a

in paragraph 4(2)(a) (vaccinations and immunisations)8 and paragraph 5(2)(a) (childhood vaccinations and immunisations) for “was provided for under the 2003-2004 Statement of Fees and Allowances made under regulation 35 (payments) of the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995” substitute “is provided for in directions given under section 17M of the Act”; and

b

in paragraph 5(2)(a) omit “(excluding childhood vaccinations and immunisations)”.

SHONA ROBISONAuthorised to sign by the Scottish MinistersSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (“the principal Regulations”) which regulate the provision of primary medical services under agreements under section 17C of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.

Regulation 2(2) amends regulation 2 of the principal Regulations by inserting reference to a civil partner and inserting a definition of “pharmacist independent prescriber” and amending the definition of “prescriber” to include “pharmacist independent prescriber”.

Regulation 2(3) amends Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations to correct a typographical error, include pharmacist independent prescribers, and provide in paragraph 27(3)(a) that a provider which employs a GP Registrar shall offer the GP Registrar terms of employment in accordance with the rates and subject to the conditions contained in any directions given by the Scottish Ministers to NHS Education for Scotland.

Regulation 2(4) amends Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations by updating the reference to the Statement of Fees and Allowances and corrects a typographical error.