# The National Health Service (Local Pharmaceutical Services etc.) Regulations 2006, Paragraph 8: Further activities to be carried out in connection with the provision of dispensing services


In connection with the services provided under paragraphs 3 to 7, a contractor must—
(a) ensure that appropriate advice is given to patients about any drugs or appliances provided to them—
(i) to enable them to utilise the drugs or appliances appropriately, and
(ii) to meet the patient’s reasonable needs for general information about the drugs or appliances;
(b) provide appropriate advice to patients to whom they provide drugs or appliances on—
(i) the safe keeping of the drugs or appliances, and
(ii) returning unwanted drugs or appliances to the pharmacy for safe destruction;
(c) provide a patient with a written note of any drug or appliance which is owed, and inform the patient when it is expected that the drug or appliance will become available;
(d) keep and maintain records—
(i) of drugs and appliances provided, in order to facilitate the continued care of the patient;
(ii) in appropriate cases, of advice given and any interventions or referrals made (including clinically significant interventions in cases involving repeatable prescriptions), and
(iii) of notes provided under sub-paragraph (c);
(e) if it provides a drug or appliance under an electronic prescription, provide the patient, if he so requests, with a written record of the drugs or appliances ordered on that prescription and, in the case of an electronic repeatable prescription, of the number of occasions on which it can be dispensed; and
(f) ensure that where a person is refused drugs or appliances pursuant to paragraphs 7(1)(b), (2), (3) or (4), the patient is referred back to the prescriber for further advice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/552/schedule/2/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-local-pharmaceutical-services-etc-regulations-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-8
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