2000 No. 1645
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2000

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 29 and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 19771 hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st August 2000.

(2)

These Regulations extend to England only.

Amendment of the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 19922.

In Schedule 10 of the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 19922, the following entries shall be inserted in such place in the alphabetical order of the entries as is appropriate—

  • finasteride 1mg tablets

  • Propecia

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Hunt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992 (“the principal Regulations”) which regulate the terms on which doctors provide general medical services under the National Health Service Act 1977.

Regulation 2 adds the drug Propecia (finasteride 1mg) to the list in Schedule 10 to the principal Regulations, which lists drugs and other substances which may not be prescribed for supply in the course of pharmaceutical services under the National Health Service Act 1977.