Regulation 2 Amendment of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2009

After paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1 (provision of pharmaceutical services) to the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2009^f1, insert—

“(1A)

In furtherance of the obligations in sub-paragraphs (1) and (3), a pharmacist, when providing drugs or appliances ordered in accordance with those sub-paragraphs must—

(a)

use all reasonable endeavours to provide those drugs or appliances with reasonable promptness;

(b)

refrain from taking any action which may delay or prevent the dispensing of those drugs or appliances; and

(c)

contact the prescriber or dentist to discuss alternative arrangements where there is likely to be, in that pharmacist’s opinion, a clinically significant delay in the dispensing of those drugs or appliances.”.