(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations further amend the General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (“the principal Regulations”) which regulate the terms on which doctors provide general medical services under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.
The Regulations make changes to Schedule 11 to the principal Regulations, which lists drugs which may only be prescribed in certain circumstances.
Regulation 2 includes Vardenafil (Levitra) in Schedule 11 to the principal Regulations. This has the effect that this drug may only be prescribed under pharmaceutical services in the circumstances specified in that Schedule.