# The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2012 (revoked) S.I. 2012/1909 · made 18 July 2012 · revised to 1 April 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-regulations-2012-revoked/pdf/uksi_20121909_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-regulations-2012-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20121909_en.pdf ## Introductory text National Health Service, England Made 18th July 2012 Laid before Parliament 23rd July 2012 Coming into force 1st September 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: Introductory ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Pharmaceutical needs assessments ## 3 Pharmaceutical needs assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Information to be contained in pharmaceutical needs assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Date by which the first pharmaceutical needs assessment is to be published . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Subsequent assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Temporary extension of pharmaceutical needs assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Consultation on pharmaceutical needs assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Matters for consideration when making assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: General matters relating to pharmaceutical lists and applications in respect of them ## 10 Pharmaceutical lists and EPS lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Terms of service of NHS chemists: general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Routine applications for inclusion in or amendment to a pharmaceutical list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Current needs: additional matters to which the Primary Care Trust must have regard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Current needs: consequences of additional matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Future needs: additional matters to which the Primary Care Trust must have regard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Future needs: consequences of additional matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Improvements or better access in the pharmaceutical needs assessment: additional matters to which the Primary Care Trust must have regard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Unforeseen benefits applications: additional matters to which the Primary Care Trust must have regard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Applications to which regulation 17 or 18 applies: consequences of additional matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Future improvements or better access: additional matters to which the Primary Care Trust must have regard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Future improvements or better access: consequences of additional matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Refusal of routine applications that are based on neither a pharmaceutical needs assessment nor unforeseen benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Excepted applications ## 23 Applications from NHS chemists in respect of providing directed services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Relocations that do not result in significant change to pharmaceutical services provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Distance selling premises applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Change of ownership applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Applications for temporary listings arising out of suspensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Applications from persons exercising a right of return to a pharmaceutical list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Applications relating to emergencies requiring the flexible provision of pharmaceutical services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Specific grounds for refusal or deferral of applications under Parts 3 and 4 which are not linked to fitness grounds ## 30 Refusal: language requirement for some NHS pharmacists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Refusal: same or adjacent premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Deferrals arising out of LPS designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Refusal, deferral and conditional inclusion in pharmaceutical lists of chemists on fitness grounds ## 33 Refusal of applications for inclusion in a pharmaceutical list on fitness grounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Deferral of consideration of applications for inclusion in a pharmaceutical list on fitness grounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Granting applications for inclusion in a pharmaceutical list subject to efficiency conditions and conditions to combat fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: Areas that are controlled localities and reserved locations, and new pharmacies within them ## 36 Determination that an area is a controlled locality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Process for determining controlled localities: preliminary matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Process for determining controlled localities: local notification and deferment of routine applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Process of determining controlled localities: formulation of the Primary Care Trust’s decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Applications for new pharmacy premises in controlled localities: refusals because of preliminary matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Applications for new pharmacy premises in controlled localities: reserved locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Second and subsequent determinations of reserved location status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Determinations of reserved locations: supplemental matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Prejudice test in respect of routine applications for new pharmacy premises in a part of a controlled locality that is not a reserved location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Appeals against decisions under Part 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: Dispensing doctors ## 46 Dispensing doctor lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Terms of service of dispensing doctors: general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Arrangements for the provision of pharmaceutical services by doctors: applications by patients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Necessary services for temporary patients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Discontinuation of arrangements for the provision of pharmaceutical services by doctors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Outline consent and premises approval: applications by doctors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Notification of applications for outline consent and premises approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Decisions on outline consent and premises approval applications and the taking effect of grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Premises approval: relocations of practice premises which are not significant before outline consent takes effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Premises approval: relocations of practice premises which are not significant after outline consent has taken effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Taking effect of premises approval where there is no related application for outline consent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Gradual introduction of premises approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 Temporary provision in cases of relocations or additional premises where premises approval has not taken effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 Practice amalgamations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Lapse of outline consent and premises approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Temporary arrangements during an emergency requiring the flexible provision of pharmaceutical services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 Persons barred from taking part in decision making with regard to applications for outline consent or premises approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Appeals against decisions under Part 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 9: Conditional inclusion in pharmaceutical lists: certain specific conditions that do not relate to fitness or performance ## 64 Distance selling premises: specific conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Core opening hours conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Conditions relating to providing directed services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Conditions relating to voluntary closure of premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Conditions relating to local resolution of disputes over terms of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 10: Performance related sanctions and market exit ## 69 Local dispute resolution before serving remedial notices or breach notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 70 Breaches of terms of service: remedial notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 71 Breaches of terms of service: breach notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 72 Payment withholdings: supplementary matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 73 Removal of listings: cases relating to remedial notices and breach notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 74 Removal of listings: cases relating to death, incapacity or cessation of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 75 Voluntary and automatic removal of listings: change of ownership, relocation, temporary provision and voluntary closure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 76 Limitation on withdrawal from pharmaceutical lists while fitness investigations or proceedings are ongoing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 77 Appeals against decisions under Part 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 11: Enforcement, reviews and appeals relating to fitness matters ## 78 Extended meaning of “health scheme” in fraud cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 79 Review of decisions to impose fitness conditions originally imposed on grants of applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80 Removal for breach of fitness conditions imposed under regulation 35 or 79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 81 Mandatory removal in suitability cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 82 Fitness cases: procedures for removal or contingent removal from pharmaceutical lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 83 Procedure for suspensions in fitness cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 84 Procedure for reviewing some suspensions and contingent removal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 85 General power to revoke suspensions in appropriate circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 86 Evidence of unsuitability, fraud or inefficiency in service provision: specific matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 87 Review periods for national disqualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 88 Wider notifications of fitness decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 12: Remuneration, charges and refunds ## 89 The Drug Tariff and section 164: general provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 90 Data to be provided to assist Drug Tariff determinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 91 Remuneration in respect of enhanced services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 92 Dispensing doctor remuneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 93 The taking effect of determinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 94 Overpayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 95 Free supply of drugs, appliances and containers where the drug or appliance is supplied under pharmaceutical services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 96 Refunds of prescription charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 97 Reward scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 98 Payments to suspended chemists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 13: Miscellaneous ## 99 Sharing of information by home Primary Care Trusts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 100 Notification by a Primary Care Trust of changes to its pharmaceutical lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 101 Proceedings with regard to overridden arrangements during an emergency requiring the flexible provision of pharmaceutical services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 102 Authorised persons to apply for services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 103 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 104 Amendments and revocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 105 Review of these Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Information to be contained in pharmaceutical needs assessments ## 1 Necessary services: current provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Necessary services: gaps in provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Other relevant services: current provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Improvements and better access: gaps in provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Other NHS services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 How the assessment was carried out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Map of provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Applications in respect of pharmaceutical lists and the procedures to be followed ### Part 1: Information to be included in routine and excepted applications ## 1 Information to be included in all routine and excepted applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Information to be included in all routine and excepted applications for inclusion in a pharmaceutical list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Fitness information about individuals: routine and excepted applications for inclusion in a pharmaceutical list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Fitness information about corporate bodies: routine and excepted applications for inclusion in a pharmaceutical list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Providing fitness information instead to a home Primary Care Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Applications seeking the listing of premises that are already, or are in close proximity to, listed chemist premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Additional information to be included with routine applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Additional information to be included with excepted applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Undertakings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Nature of details to be supplied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Preliminary matters ## 11 Relevant information or documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Failure to provide undertakings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Functions of a home Primary Care Trust in relation to certain applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Deferral of notifiable applications prior to notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Refusal of notifiable applications prior to notification because of the language requirement for some NHS pharmacists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Refusal of notifiable applications on fitness grounds prior to notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Proposed new pharmacy premises in controlled localities: refusal of routine applications because of preliminary matters prior to notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: Notification of certain applications ## 18 Applications requiring notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Notification procedure for notifiable applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Parallel notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Content of notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 4: Determination and deferral of applications ## 22 Flexibility with regard to determining or deferring applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Additional matters for consideration in relation to applications for inclusion in a pharmaceutical list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Action following deferrals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Oral hearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Persons barred from taking part in decision making on routine and excepted applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Timetable for determining applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 5: Notification, taking effect of decisions and rights of appeal to the Secretary of State ## 28 Notification of decisions on routine and excepted applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Template notice of commencement to be included with a notice of decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Third party rights of appeal to the Secretary of State where an application is granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Conditional grant of applications where the address of the premises is unknown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Changes to the premises specified in an application after its grant but before the listing of the premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Conditional grant in cases relating to future needs or future improvements or better access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Taking effect of listing decisions: general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Notice requiring the commencement of pharmaceutical services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Appeals to the Secretary of State by the applicant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: Appeals to the Secretary of State ### Part 1: Preliminary matters ## 1 Determination of third party appeal rights in certain cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Misconceived appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Notification of appeals ## 3 Notification of appeals notices under paragraph 30, 32(5) or 36 of Schedule 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Notification of appeals relating to notices under regulation 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Notification of appeals relating to decisions under Part 8 of these Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Non notification of appeals relating to notices under regulation 77 or 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: Determination of appeals ## 7 Flexibility with regard to the manner of determining appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Oral hearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Decisions of the Secretary of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Notification of decisions and subsequent action by the Primary Care Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Effect of decisions by the Secretary of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: Terms of service of NHS pharmacists ### Part 1: General ## 1 Responsibilities of NHS pharmacists and pharmacy staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Breaches by directors and superintendents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Essential services ## 3 Essential services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Dispensing services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Dispensing of drugs and appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Urgent supply without a prescription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Preliminary matters before providing ordered drugs or appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Providing ordered drugs or appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Refusal to provide drugs or appliances ordered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Further activities to be carried out in connection with the provision of dispensing services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Additional requirements in relation to electronic prescribing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Additional requirements in relation to specified appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Disposal service in respect of unwanted drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Basic procedure in respect of unwanted drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Further activities to be carried out in connection with the disposal of unwanted drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Promotion of healthy lifestyles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Prescription linked intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Public health campaigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Signposting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Service outline in respect of signposting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Support for self-care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Service outline in respect of support for self-care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: Hours of opening ## 23 Pharmacy opening hours: general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Matters to be considered when issuing directions in respect of pharmacy premises core opening hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Determination of pharmacy premises core opening hours instigated by the Primary Care Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Determination of pharmacy premises core opening hours instigated by the NHS pharmacist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Temporary opening hours and closures during an emergency requiring the flexible provision of pharmaceutical services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 4: Other terms of service ## 28 Clinical governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Professional Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Inducements etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Duty to provide information about fitness matters as they arise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Other information to be supplied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Home Primary Care Trust of bodies corporate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Complaints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Inspections and access to information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: Terms of service of NHS appliance contractors ## 1 Division of responsibilities between individuals and corporate bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Breaches by directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Dispensing services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Dispensing of appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Urgent supply without a prescription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Preliminary matters before providing appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Providing appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Refusal to provide appliances ordered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Further activities to be carried out in connection with the provision of dispensing services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Additional requirements in relation to electronic prescribing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Additional requirements in relation to specified appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Signposting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Opening hours: general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Matters to be considered when issuing directions in respect of core opening hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Determination of core opening hours instigated by the Primary Care Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Determination of core opening hours instigated by the NHS appliance contractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Temporary open hours and closures during an emergency requiring the flexible provision of pharmaceutical services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Clinical governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Professional Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Inducements etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Duty to provide information about fitness matters as they arise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Other information to be supplied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Home Primary Care Trust of bodies corporate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Complaints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Inspections and access to information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: Terms of service of dispensing doctors ## 1 Persons duly authorised to dispense on behalf of dispensing doctors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Dispensing of drugs and appliances ordered by another prescriber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Dispensing of drugs and appliances ordered by the dispensing doctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Preliminary matters before providing ordered drugs or appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Provision of Scheduled drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Refusal to provide drugs or appliances ordered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Dispensing doctors issuing prescription forms which may be presented to an NHS chemist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Complaints procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Inspections and access to information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Voluntary closure of premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7: Transitional provisions ## 1 Pharmaceutical needs assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Listing applications: NHS chemists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Listing applications: dispensing doctors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Approved retail areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Controlled localities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Reserved locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Gradual discontinuation of the provision of pharmaceutical services by doctors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Gradual introduction of the provision of pharmaceutical services by doctors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Giving effect to listing decisions taken under the 2005 Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Dispensing contractor lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Continuing matters: periods of time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Other continuing matters: NHS chemists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Other continuing matters: dispensing doctors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Continuing operation of SCAT arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 The application of Group 12 of Schedule 8 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Terms of service for distance selling premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8: Amendments and revocations ## 1 Revocation of the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1992, and of amendments to and measures relating to those Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Amendment to the National Health Service (Indicative Amounts) Regulations 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Amendment to the National Health Service (Payments by Local Authorities to NHS Bodies) (Prescribed Functions) Regulations 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Amendments to the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Amendments to the National Health Service (Local Pharmaceutical Services and Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Amendments to the National Health Service (Local Pharmaceutical Services and Pharmaceutical Services) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Amendments to the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Amendments to the National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Revocation of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2005 and of amendments to those Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Amendments to the National Health Service (Local Pharmaceutical Services etc.) Regulations 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Amendments to the Local Authority Social Services and National Health Service Complaints (England) Regulations 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1909 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-regulations-2012-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.