SCHEDULE 11Pilot schemes
Effect of proposals on existing services
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(1)
Proposals for a pilot scheme submitted under paragraph 2, or included in an application for preliminary approval of proposals under paragraph 4, must include—
(a)
an assessment by the Primary Care Trust of the likely effect of the implementation of the proposals in the area of the Primary Care Trust on the services mentioned in sub-paragraph (2),
(b)
any assessment supplied to the Primary Care Trust by another Primary Care Trust under sub-paragraph (4).
(2)
The services are—
(a)
pharmaceutical services,
(b)
local pharmaceutical services provided under existing pilot schemes or LPS schemes,
(c)
primary medical services.
(3)
If it appears to a Primary Care Trust that the proposals would, if implemented, affect any of the services mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) provided in the area of another Primary Care Trust, it must consult that other Primary Care Trust about the proposals before submitting them under paragraph 2 or including them in an application for preliminary approval under paragraph 4.
(4)
A Primary Care Trust consulted under sub-paragraph (3) must prepare an assessment of the likely effect of the implementation of the proposals on those services and supply it to the Primary Care Trust which consulted it.