The Amendments Relating to the Provision of Integrated Care Regulations 2019

PART 8 AMENDMENT OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (CHARGES FOR DRUGS AND APPLIANCES) REGULATIONS 2015

Scope of Part

25.  The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2015(1) are amended in accordance with this Part.

Amendment of regulation 2

26.—(1) Regulation 2 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2) At the appropriate places insert—

““integrated care provider contract” has the meaning given in Schedule 3A to the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015;”;

““section 83(2) contractor” means a person that provides primary medical services under contractual arrangements under section 83(2) of the 2006 Act (primary medical services), including in circumstances where those contractual arrangements are part of wider contractual arrangements for the provision of NHS services, and “section 83(2) contract” is to be construed accordingly;”.

(3) Omit the definition of “APMS contractor”.

(4) In the definition of “out of hours services” for “APMS” substitute “section 83(2)”.

(5) In the definition of “provider of NHS services”, after paragraph (a) insert the following paragraph—

“(aa) a person responsible for providing services under an integrated care provider contract;”.

(6) In the definition of “provider of out of hours services”—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for “an APMS” substitute “a section 83(2)” and for “its APMS” substitute “its section 83(2)”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (c), for “APMS” substitute “section 83(2)”.

Amendment of regulation 4

27.—(1) Regulation 4 (supply of drugs and appliances by doctors) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (5), for “APMS” substitute “section 83(2)”.

(3) In paragraph (7), for “an APMS” substitute “a section 83(2)”.

(1)

S.I. 2015/570. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2015/1879, 2016/325, 696 and 1077, 2017/408 and 457, and 2018/48, 201 and 1114.