National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29)

Part I S Organisation

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 1 applied (7.12.2019) by The Public Health Scotland Order 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/336), art. 1(2), sch. 1 Pt. 1 (with art. 4(4)(5))

Prospective

[F1 Assistance and support: primary medical services and pharmaceutical care services S

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 17Y and preceding cross-heading inserted (prosp.) by Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 13), ss. 24, 43(3)

17Y Assistance and support: primary medical services and pharmaceutical care services S

(1) A Health Board may provide assistance and support to—

(a) any person providing, or proposing to provide, primary medical services under a general medical services contract;

(b) any person providing, or proposing to provide, such services in accordance with section 17C arrangements;

(c) any person providing, or proposing to provide, pharmaceutical care services under a pharmaceutical care services contract.

(2) Assistance and support provided by a Health Board under subsection (1) is to be provided on such terms, including terms as to payment, as the Board think fit.

(3) In this section, “ assistance ” includes financial assistance. ]