Part 7Pharmaceutical services and local pharmaceutical services

Chapter 1Pharmaceutical services

Provision of pharmaceutical services

82C1Terms and conditions, etc

1

Directions under section 81 may require the Local Health Board to which they apply, when making arrangements—

a

to include, in the terms on which the arrangements are made, such terms as may be specified in the directions,

b

to impose, on any person providing a service in accordance with the arrangements, such conditions as may be so specified.

2

The arrangements must secure that any service to which they apply is provided only by a person—

a

whose name is included in a pharmaceutical list, or

b

who has entered into a pharmaceutical care services contract under section 17Q of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29).

3

Different arrangements may be made with respect to—

a

the provision of the same service by the same person but in different circumstances, or

b

the provision of the same service by different persons.

4

A Local Health Board must provide details of proposed arrangements (including the remuneration to be offered for the provision of services) to any person who asks for them.

5

After making any arrangements, a Local Health Board must publish, in such manner as the Welsh Ministers may direct, such details of the arrangements as they may direct.

6

Pharmaceutical list” includes, subject to any provision of the directions in question, a list published in accordance with regulations made under—

a

section 129(2)(a) of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41), or

b

Article 63(2A)(a) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I.14)).