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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/641",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2005",
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  "heading": "Prescription linked intervention",
  "text": "(1) Where a person using a pharmacy—\n(a) presents a non-electronic prescription form or non-electronic repeatable prescription to a pharmacist or requests the provision of drugs or appliances in accordance with an electronic prescription; and\n(b) it appears to the pharmacist that the person—\n(i) has diabetes,\n(ii) is at risk of coronary heart disease, especially those with high blood pressure, or\n(iii) smokes or is overweight,\nthe pharmacist shall, as appropriate, provide advice to that person with the aim of increasing that person’s knowledge and understanding of the health issues which are relevant to that person’s personal circumstances.\n(2) Advice given under sub-paragraph (1) may be backed up, as appropriate—\n(a) by the provision of written material (for example leaflets); and\n(b) by referring the person to other sources of information or advice.\n(3) A pharmacist shall, in appropriate cases, keep and maintain a record of advice given pursuant to this paragraph, and that record shall be in a form that facilitates—\n(a) auditing of the provision of pharmaceutical services by the pharmacist; and\n(b) follow-up care for the person who has been given the advice.",
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