2003 No. 1005 (W.145)
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, WALES

The National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Amendment) (No.3) (Wales) Regulations 2003

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 2003 and shall come into force on 4th April 2003.

(2)

These Regulations 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 11 (drugs to be prescribed under pharmaceutical services only in certain circumstances), after “Tadalafil (Cialis)” in columns 1 and 2 respectively, insert “, Vardenafil (Levitra)”.

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 (“the principal Regulations”) which regulate the terms on which doctors provide general medical services under the National Health Service Act 1977.

Regulation 2 adds Vardenafil (Levitra) to Schedule 11 to the principal Regulations, which lists the drugs and other substances that may only be prescribed in certain circumstances in the course of pharmaceutical services provided under the National Health Service Act 1977.