The NHS Business Services Authority (Awdurdod Gwasanaethau Busnes y GIG) (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2005

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3.  Subject to and in accordance with such directions as the appropriate authority may give to the Authority, the Authority shall perform such functions in connection with—

(a)the administration of—

(i)schemes relating to the provision of assistance with NHS charges;

F2(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iii)the NHS Bursary Scheme in England;

(iv)the NHS Injury Benefit Scheme; F3...

(v)the NHS Pension Scheme; [F4and]

[F5(vi)the Social Care Busary Scheme in England;]

(b)the assessment of the performance of dentists providing services under general dental services contracts and personal dental services agreements;

(c)assisting

(i)the Secretary of State in relation to specified Department of Health [F6and Social Care] programmes; and

(ii)specified Special Health Authorities in the exercise of their functions,

by the provision of business services and facilities and the supply of staff;

(d)the collation and provision of information about relevant primary dental services, pharmaceutical services and local pharmaceutical services;

(e)the development and promotion of arrangements for the clinical governance of services provided under general dental services contracts and personal dental services agreements;

(f)examining, checking and pricing of prescriptions for drugs, listed drugs, medicines and listed appliances supplied as part of pharmaceutical services or local pharmaceutical services;

[F7(fa)the examining, checking and pricing of any drug, medicine or appliance (other than a Scheduled drug, within the meaning of [F8the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Consolidation) Regulations 2015]) provided for the purposes of immediate treatment or personal administration as part of the provision of primary medical services under Part 4 of the National Health Service Act 2006;]

(g)the maintenance of records in respect of vocational training numbers allocated in England to dentists under regulation 5A of the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations as they had effect on 31^st March 2006;

F9(h). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F10(i). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F11(j). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(k)the processing of payments to providers of goods or services, (or both), to the health service;

(l)the procurement and supply of products and services for the purposes of the health service in England;

(m)the provision of documentation relating to general dental services contracts and personal dental services agreements to the providers of those services;

(n)refunding payments made in respect of charges for treatment for relevant primary dental services;

F12(o). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(p)specified functions in relation to the rights and responsibilities of [F13NHS England] under general dental services contracts or personal dental services agreements; and

(q)such other functions

as the appropriate authority may direct.]