Regulation 16 Sharing of information received

(1)

Where a relevant home Primary Care Trust receives information pursuant to a term of an LPS scheme set by virtue of paragraph 16 of Schedule 2, or pursuant to regulation 17, it must consider that information and decide whether this raises any question about—

(a)

the contractor’s suitability to be a contractor; or

(b)

the fitness to practise of a pharmacist employed or engaged by the contractor.

(2)

If a home Primary Care Trust is of the opinion that the information does raise such a question, it must pass the information it has received to—

(a)

any other Primary Care Trust with which the contractor has entered into, or has applied to enter into, LPS arrangements or an LPS scheme;

(b)

any other Primary Care Trust on whose pharmaceutical list the contractor is included or has applied to be included; and

(c)

where appropriate, to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.

(3)

If any Primary Care Trust receives information (whether pursuant to a term of an LPS scheme or otherwise) that raises any question about the fitness to practise of a pharmacist employed or engaged by a contractor or potential contractor, it must pass that information, where appropriate, to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.