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 Health Boards to specify indicative amounts to doctors' practices in terms of their duty under section 87D of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29).
An indicative amount is an amount of money representing the basic price of the drugs, medicines or listed appliances which a Health Board considers it is reasonable to expect will be supplied in a year pursuant to orders given by or on behalf of a practice. The basic price is calculated by reference to the Drug Tariff or the manufacturer’s list price. The Drug Tariff is sent free of charge to all persons on the medical and pharmaceutical lists of a Health Board.
Where a practice has a majority of patients who reside in the area of a Family Health Services Authority in England, the Regulations provide that section 87D of the 1978 Act shall not apply to that practice.