Regulation 3 Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 6 of the principal Regulations (subsequent assessments), after paragraph (3) insert—

“(4)

Where chemist premises are removed from a pharmaceutical list as a consequence of the grant of a consolidation application, if in the opinion of the relevant HWB the removal does not create a gap in pharmaceutical services provision that could be met by a routine application—

(a)

to meet a current or future need for pharmaceutical services; or

(b)

to secure improvements, or better access, to pharmaceutical services,

the relevant HWB must publish a supplementary statement explaining that, in its view, the removal does not create such a gap, and any such statement becomes part of its pharmaceutical needs assessment.”.