{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-wales-regulations-2020/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-wales-regulations-2020/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2020/1073",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-wales-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Consultation on pharmaceutical needs assessments",
  "text": "(1) When making an assessment for the purposes of publishing a pharmaceutical needs assessment, each Local Health Board must consult on the contents of the assessment with the following—\n(a) the Local Pharmaceutical Committee for Wales,\n(b) the Local Medical Committee for its area (including one for its area and that of one or more other Local Health Boards relevant to the assessment);\n(c) the persons on its pharmaceutical lists,\n(d) any pilot scheme pharmacy with whom the Local Health Board has made arrangements for the provision of any local pharmaceutical services,\n(e) the persons on its dispensing doctors list (if it has one),\n(f) any person with whom the Local Health Board has made arrangements for the provision of dispensing services,\n(g) any provider of primary medical services in its area,\n(h) the Citizen Voice Body and any other group representing patients, consumers or a community in its area which in the opinion of the Local Health Board has an interest in the provision of pharmaceutical services in its area,\n(i) any Regional Partnership Board for its area,\n(j) any local authority for its area,\n(k) any NHS Trust in its area, and\n(l) any neighbouring Local Health Board.\n(2) A draft of the proposed pharmaceutical needs assessment must be published on the website of the Local Health Board for a minimum of 60 days.\n(3) The Local Health Board must, no later than 24 hours after the draft pharmaceutical needs assessment is published in accordance with paragraph (2), notify the persons listed in paragraph (1) that—\n(a) a draft of the proposed pharmaceutical needs assessment has been published on the website of the Local Health Board, and\n(b) the date by which any consultation response must be provided to the Local Health Board.\n(4) If a person listed in paragraph (1) requests a copy of the draft pharmaceutical needs assessment in hard copy form, the Local Health Board must as soon as is practicable, and in any event within 14 days, supply a hard copy of the draft to that person (free of charge).\n(5) Where a Local Health Board is notified in accordance with paragraph (3) and there is a Local Medical Committee for its area that is different to the Local Medical Committee consulted under paragraph (1)(b), the Local Health Board notified—\n(a) must consult that Committee before making its response to the consultation, and\n(b) must have regard to any representation received from the Committee when making its response to the consultation.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(1)(h) substituted (1.4.2023) by The Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Act 2020 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments and Revocations) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/299), regs. 1(2), 9(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 in force at 1.10.2020, see reg. 1(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2020/1073/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:31:49.207634+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}