Part IIE+W+S General Medical, General Dental, General Ophthalmic, and Pharmaceutical Services

Pharmaceutical servicesE+W+S

41 Arrangements for pharmaceutical services.E+W+S

[F1It is the duty of every Family Practitioner Committee, in accordance with regulations, to arrange as respects their locality for the [F2provision to persons who are in that locality of]]

(a)proper and sufficient drugs and medicines and listed appliances which are ordered for those persons by a medical practitioner in pursuance of his functions in the health service, the Scottish health service, the Northern Ireland health service or the armed forces of the Crown (excluding forces of a Commonwealth country and forces raised in a colony; . . . F3

[F4(b)proper and sufficient drugs and medicines which are ordered for those persons by a dental practitioner in pursuance of the provision by [F5a health authority][F6or an NHS trust] of dental services; . . . F7

(c)listed drugs and medicines which are ordered for those persons by a dental practitioner in pursuance of the provision by him of general dental services.][F8and]

[F9(cc)listed drugs and medicines and listed appliances which are ordered for those persons by a prescribed description of registered nurse, midwife or health visitor in pursuance of functions in the health service, the Scottish health service or the Northern Ireland health service or the armed forces of the Crown (excluding forces of a Commonwealth country and forces raised in a colony); and]

[F10(d)such other services as may be prescribed.]

The services so provided are in this Act referred to as “pharmaceutical services”.

In this section—

  • listed” means included in a list for the time being approved by the Secretary for the purposes of this section; and

  • the Scottish health service” and “the Northern Ireland health service” mean respectively the health service established in pursuance of section 1 of the M1National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 or any service provided in pursuance of Article 4(a) of the M2Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.

41 Arrangements for pharmaceutical services.E+W+S

[F11It is the duty of every Family Practitioner Committee, in accordance with regulations, to arrange as respects their locality for the [F12provision to persons who are in that locality of]]

(a)proper and sufficient drugs and medicines and listed appliances which are ordered for those persons by a medical practitioner in pursuance of his functions in the health service, the Scottish health service, the Northern Ireland health service or the armed forces of the Crown (excluding forces of a Commonwealth country and forces raised in a colony; . . . F13

[F14(b)proper and sufficient drugs and medicines which are ordered for those persons by a dental practitioner in pursuance of the provision by [F15a health authority][F16or an NHS trust] of dental services; . . . F17

(c)listed drugs and medicines which are ordered for those persons by a dental practitioner in pursuance of the provision by him of general dental services.][F18and

(d)such other services as may be prescribed.]

The services so provided are in this Act referred to as “pharmaceutical services”.

In this section—

  • listed” means included in a list for the time being approved by the Secretary for the purposes of this section; and

  • the Scottish health service” and “the Northern Ireland health service” mean respectively the health service established in pursuance of section 1 of the M3National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 or any service provided in pursuance of Article 4(a) of the M4Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.