# The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020, Paragraph 17: Prescription linked intervention

Extent: E+W

(1) Where a person using a pharmacy—
(a) presents a prescription form or repeatable prescription to an NHS pharmacist, and
(b) it appears to the NHS pharmacist that the person is suffering from or at risk of developing an adverse health issue,
the NHS pharmacist must, 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.
(2) Advice given under sub-paragraph (1) may be backed up, as appropriate—
(a) by the provision of written material (for example leaflets), and
(b) by referring the person to other sources of information or advice.
(3) An NHS pharmacist must, in appropriate cases, keep and maintain a record of any advice given and any interventions or referrals made (in particular of clinically significant interventions).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2020/1073/schedule/5/paragraph/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-wales-regulations-2020/schedule-5/paragraph-17
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