# The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services, Charges and Prescribing) (Amendment) Regulations 2016, 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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1077/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-charges-and-prescribing-amendment-regulations-2016/regulation-3
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