The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2004
Citation, commencement, interpretation and application1.
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These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and come into force on 1 October 2004.
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These Regulations apply to Wales only.
Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations2.
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Regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (interpretation) is amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
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““Local Health Board” (“Bwrdd Iechyd Lleol”) has the meaning assigned to it by section 16BA of the Act;”.
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“(1A)
The words “Health Authority” shall, in each place they occur, have effect as if there were substituted the words “Local Health Board”.”.
Amendment of amounts specified in the principal Regulations3.
For each amount specified in the column (3) of the Schedule to these Regulations, where it appears in the provision of the principal Regulations specified in relation to it in column (1) (the subject matter of which is indicated in column (2)), substitute the amount specified in relation to it in column (4).
Amendment of regulation 8 of the principal Regulations4.
In regulation 8(2)(b), for “sub-paragraph (b)” substitute “sub-paragraph (a)”.
SCHEDULEAMOUNTS SUBSTITUTED IN THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
|---|---|---|---|
Provision in the principal Regulations | Subject matter | old amount | new amount |
Regulation 3 — | Supply of drugs and appliances by chemists — | ||
paragraph (1)(a) | charge for elastic hosiery — | ||
per item | £ 6.00 | £ 5.00 | |
per pair | £ 12.00 | £ 10.00 | |
paragraph (1)(b) | charge for drugs, and for appliances not specified in paragraph (1)(a) | £ 6.00 | £ 5.00 |
paragraph (1A)(a) | charge for elastic hosiery — | ||
per item | £ 6.00 | £ 5.00 | |
per pair | £ 12.00 | £ 10.00 | |
paragraph (1A)(b) | charge for drugs, and for appliances not specified in paragraph (1A)(b) | £ 6.00 | £ 5.00 |
paragraph (4) | charge for drugs supplied by instalments | £ 6.00 | £ 5.00 |
Regulation 4 — | Supply of drugs and appliances by doctors — | ||
paragraph (1)(a) | charge for elastic hosiery | ||
per item | £ 6.00 | £ 5.00 | |
per pair | £ 12.00 | £ 10.00 | |
paragraph (1)(b) | charge for drugs and appliances not specified in paragraph (1)(a) | £ 6.00 | £ 5.00 |
Regulation 5 — | Supply of drugs and appliances to out-patients by Local Health Boards and NHS Trusts — | ||
paragraph (1)(a) | charge for elastic hosiery— | ||
per item | £ 6.00 | £ 5.00 | |
per pair | £ 12.00 | £ 10.00 | |
paragraph (1)(c) | charge for tights | £ 12.00 | £ 10.00 |
paragraph (1)(d) | charge for drugs and appliances not specified in paragraph (1)(a) or (1)(c), or in Schedule 1 | £ 6.00 | £ 5.00 |
paragraph (5) | charge for drugs supplied by instalments | £ 6.00 | £ 5.00 |
Regulation 6 — | Supply of drugs and appliances at Walk-in centres | ||
paragraph (1)(a) | charge for elastic hosiery — | ||
per item | £ 6.00 | £ 5.00 | |
per pair | £ 12.00 | £ 10.00 | |
Paragraph (1)(b) | charge for drugs and for appliances not specified in paragraph (1)(a) | £ 6.00 | £ 5.00 |
paragraph (4) | charge for drugs supplied by instalments | £ 6.00 | £ 5.00 |
Regulation 7(1) | Supply of drugs under Patient Group Directions | ||
charge for drugs | £ 6.00 | £ 5.00 | |
Regulation 10(5) | Pre-payment certificate — | ||
4 months | £ 31.40 | £ 26.16 | |
12 months | £ 84.60 | £ 71.83 |
These Regulations further amend the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (“the principal Regulations”) which provide for the making and recovery of charges for drugs and appliances supplied by doctors and chemists providing pharmaceutical and dispensing services, and by Local Health Boards and NHS Trusts to out-patients.
Regulation 2 of the principal Regulations is amended so that references to a “health authority” will be treated as references to a “local health board”.
Amendments made by regulation 3 and the Schedule reduce the charge for items on prescription supplied to out-patients from £6.00 to £5.00. The charge for elastic stockings is reduced from £6.00 to £5.00 (from £12.00 to £10.00 per pair) and that for tights from £12.00 to £10.00. The sums prescribed for the grant of pre-payment certificates are reduced from £31.40 to £26.16 for a four month certificate and from £86.20 to £71.83 for a twelve month certificate.
Amendments made by regulation 4 provide that no charge will be payable by persons under the age of 25 years for the supply of certain appliances and drugs in accordance with regulation 5 of the principal Regulations (supply of drugs and appliances by Local Health Boards and NHS Trusts).