The National Health Service (Local Pharmaceutical Services etc.) Regulations 2006

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE 1Modification and amendment of the National Health Service Act 1977 and modification of the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993

Duty of Primary Care Trust in relation to local pharmaceutical services

1.  In section 15 of the Act(1) (which relates to the duties of Primary Care Trusts and Local Health Boards in relation to family health services)—

(a)subsection (1) shall apply as if after “the provision of” there were inserted “local pharmaceutical services,”; and

(b)omit subsections (1ZC) and (1ZD).

Supply of goods and services by the Secretary of State

2.  In section 26 of the Act(2) (supply of goods and services by the Secretary of State)—

(a)subsection (2) shall apply as if for paragraph (c) there were substituted the following paragraph—

“(c)providing services under LPS arrangements or an LPS scheme,”; and

(b)subsection (4) shall apply as if for paragraph (ab) there were substituted the following paragraph—

“(ab)persons performing services under LPS arrangements or an LPS scheme, and”.

Use of accommodation

3.  In section 28I of the Act(3) (use of accommodation), paragraph (b) shall apply as if “in accordance with LPS arrangements” were omitted.

Persons performing primary medical and dental services

4.  Section 28X of the Act(4) (persons performing primary medical and dental services) shall apply as if—

(a)after subsection (1) there were inserted the following subsection—

“(1A) Regulations may provide that a health care professional of a prescribed description may not perform any local pharmaceutical services for which a Primary Care Trust is responsible unless he is included in a list maintained by the Primary Care Trust.”; and

(b)in subsection (3), after paragraph (b) there were inserted the following paragraph—

“(c)a Primary Care Trust is responsible for a local pharmaceutical service if it secures its provision, by or under any enactment.”.

Assistance and Support

5.  In Section 28Y of the Act(5) (assistance and support), subsection (1) shall apply as if, after paragraph (b), there were inserted the following paragraph—

“(c)any person providing local pharmaceutical services under LPS arrangements or an LPS scheme.”.

Recognition of Local Pharmaceutical Committees

6.  Section 44 of the Act(6) (which relates to the recognition of local representative committees) shall apply as if—

(a)in subsection (B2)(b), the “or” were omitted at the end of sub-paragraph (i) and after sub-paragraph (ii) there were inserted the following sub-paragraphs—

“(iii)the persons mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) above and the persons providing local pharmaceutical services under LPS arrangements in the Primary Care Trust’s area, or

(iv)the persons mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) above and the persons providing local pharmaceutical services under LPS schemes in the Primary Care Trust’s area,”;

(b)after subsection (3), there were inserted the following subsection—

“(3A) Additionally, for the purposes of this section and section 45 below, a person who meets the condition in subsection (4) below is a person providing local pharmaceutical services in a Primary Care Trust’s area if he provides those services under an LPS scheme.”; and

(c)in subsection (4), after “subsection (3)” there were inserted “and subsection (3A)”.

Functions of Local Pharmaceutical Committees

7.  In section 45 of the Act(7) (which relates to the functions of local representative committees)—

(a)subsection (1ZA) shall apply as if—

(i)“or” were added at the end of paragraph (aa) and omitted at the end of paragraph (a),

(ii)in paragraph (aa), for “section 44(B2)(b)(ii)” there were substituted “section 44(B2)(b)”, and

(iii)after paragraph (aa) there were inserted the following paragraph—

“(ab)Primary Care Trusts, in the exercise of any of their functions which relate to LPS schemes, to consult committees recognised by them under section 44(B2)(b) above,”; and

(b)subsection (1C) shall apply as if, for “(B2)(b)(ii)” there were substituted “(B2)(b)(ii), (iii) or (iv)”.

Special arrangement as to payment of remuneration

8.  Section 103 of the Act(8) (special arrangement as to payment of remuneration), shall apply as if, in subsection (1)(a), after “or LPS” there were inserted “schemes or”.

Insertion of definitions of “local pharmaceutical services” and “LPS arrangements”

9.  Subsection (1) of section 128 of the Act(9) (interpretation and construction) shall apply as if—

(a)in the definition of “local pharmaceutical services”, after “Care Act 2001” there were inserted “or under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 8A”; and

(b)after the definition of “LPS arrangements” there were inserted the following definition—

““LPS scheme” has the meaning given in paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 8A;”.

Charges for the supply of drugs to treat venereal disease

10.  In Schedule 12 to the Act(10) (additional provisions as to regulations for the making and recovery of charges), paragraph 1(1)(b) shall apply as if after “with LPS” there were inserted “schemes or”.

Health Service Commissioner for England

11.  In the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993(11), section 2A(12) (health services providers subject to investigation) shall apply as if in subsection (1)(d), after the words “Care Act 2001” there were inserted “or an LPS scheme made in accordance with the provisions of, and regulations under, Schedule 8A to the National Health Service Act 1977”.