Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations—
make provision for the calculation of the basic price of drugs, medicines and listed appliances for the purposes of enabling Family Health Services Authorities to specify indicative amounts for doctors' practices (regulation 2), and
provide that section 18 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (which requires Family Health Services Authorities to specify indicative amounts for doctors' practices) shall not apply to doctors' practices where the majority of the patients of the practice reside in the area of a Health Board (regulation 3).
An indicative amount is an amount of money representing the basic price of the drugs, medicines and listed appliances which a Family Health Services Authority considers it is reasonable to expect will be supplied in a year pursuant to orders given by or on behalf of doctors' practices.
The Drug Tariff referred to in the Regulations is sent free of charge to all persons on the medical and pharmaceutical lists of a Family Health Services Authority and can be obtained from HMSO.