2002 No. 1804 (W.174)
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, WALES

The National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Amendment) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2002

Made
Coming into force
The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by sections 29 and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 19771 hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement, and application1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Amendment) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st August 2002.

(2)

These Regulations shall apply to Wales only.

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

(1)

The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 19922 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraph of this Regulation.

(2)

In Schedule 10 (drugs and other substances not to be prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services):—

(a)

the following entries shall be inserted in such places in the alphabetical order of the entries as is appropriate—

“Boots Glucomsamine Capsules 400 mg

Glucosamine Sulphate Tablets 600mg

Health Aid Glucosamine Sulphate Tablets 500mg

Solgar Glucosamine Sulphate Tablets

Vega Glucosamine Capsules 400 mg” , and

(b)

the following entries shall be omitted—

“Cow and Gate Nutriprem 2

Farley’s Premcare”.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 19983
D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

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

Regulation 2 amends the list in Schedule 10 to the principal Regulations, which lists drugs and other substances that may not be prescribed for supply in the course of pharmaceutical services provided under the National Health Service Act 1977.

Regulation 2(a) adds specified glucosamine sulphate products to the list in Schedule 10 and Regulation 2(b) removes specified infant formulae for premature babies from the list in Schedule 10.