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The Health Act 2009 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2012
National Health Service (NHS)
Dispensaries and prescription services
Health care services and specialisms
Care assessment
NHS management
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King's Printer of Acts of Parliament
2012-10-10
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
This Order brings into force sections 26 and 27 of the Health Act 2009 (and related repeals in Schedule 6 to that Act), which provide for new arrangements for entry by pharmacy and appliance contractors onto the pharmaceutical lists held by Primary Care Trusts. Pharmaceutical lists are the lists of contractors who are entitled to provide pharmaceutical services from specified premises in the area of a Primary Care Trust. The principal change is that listing applications will from 1st September 2012, subject to exceptions, be assessed against plans known as pharmaceutical needs assessments, which all Primary Care Trusts are required to produce.