Amendment of the National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Wales) Regulations 20072

1

The National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Wales) Regulations 20072 are amended as follows.

2

There is inserted after regulation 7 the following regulation:

7A

(Supply of drugs in the event of a pandemic)

1

No charges may be made or recovered under these Regulations in respect of a supply of drugs which is—

a

made—

i

while a disease is pandemic, or

ii

in anticipation of a disease being imminently pandemic,

and is a serious risk, or potentially a serious risk, to human health; and

b

in accordance with a protocol relating to that disease as provided for in article 12F of the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 19973 or article 8 of the Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale-Exemption) Order 19804.