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The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1994

S.I. 1994/2620 · Made 10 October 1994

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 10th October 1994

Laid before Parliament 11th October 1994

Coming into force 1st November 1994

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on her by sections 29 and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977f1 and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1977 c. 49; see section 128(1) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 29 was extended by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 17; and amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), sections 1 and 7 and Schedule 1, paragraph 42(b); by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 6, paragraph 2; by the Medical Act 1983 (c. 54), section 56(1) and Schedule 5, paragraph 16(a); and by S.I. 1985/39, article 7(3). Section 126(4) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 65(2).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 1st November 1994.

2Amendment of the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992

(1)

The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992f1 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2)

In Schedule 10 (drugs and other substances not to be prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services)—

(a)

the following entries shall be omitted—

  • Algipan

  • Beecham Coughcaps

  • Benylin Chesty Cough Linctus

  • Benylin Decongestant Linctus

  • Benylin Dry Cough Linctus

  • Biocare Hepaguard Capsules

  • Bioflav Compound Tablets

  • Bioflav Compound + C Tablets

  • Cremalgin

  • Diazepam oral solution 5mg/ml

  • Diazepam oral suspension 5mg/ml

  • Fluimucil

  • FSC Super B-Supreme High-Potency Capsules

  • Halibut Oil A & D Capsules

  • Health+Plus Compound B Tablets

  • Healthilife Vitamin E Soya Free Tablets

  • Hill’s Junior Balsam

  • Hydrox Hand Rub

  • Junior Disprol Suspension

  • Lanes Lecigran Capsules

  • Lemsip Night-Time Liquid

  • Midro-Tea Power

  • Nicotine Patch

  • Phor Pain Tablets

  • Phor Pain Double Strength Tablets

  • Protofibe Tablets

  • Quest Supa-Mega B-50 Timed Release Tablets

  • Quest Supa-Mega B + C Complex Tablets

  • Radian B Liniment

  • Radian B Rub

  • Savlon Baby Care Baby Bath

  • Savlon Baby Care Lotion

  • Savlon Baby Care Oil

  • Savlon Baby Care Powder

  • Savlon Baby Care Shampoo

  • Savlon Baby Care Soap

  • Seba-Med Liquid Cleaner

  • Softtab Soft Lens Care Tablets

  • Spectraban 10 Lotion

  • Sun Yums Gluten Free & Dairy Free Muffins

  • Vicks Vaposyrup Childrens; and

(b)

the following entries shall be inserted at such places in the alphabetical order of the entries in that Schedule as are appropriate—

  • Algipan Rub

  • Arret Capsules

  • Audax Ear Drops

  • Benylin Chesty Coughs Original

  • Benylin Children’s Coughs

  • Benylin Cough & Congestion

  • Benylin Day & Night Tablets

  • Benylin Dry Coughs Original

  • Biocare Hep 194 (Hepaguard) Capsules

  • Bioflav Complex Tablets

  • Bioflav Complex + C Tablets

  • Boots Nasal Spray

  • Contac Coughcaps

  • Cremalgin Balm

  • Dermacort Cream

  • Diazepam oral solution 5mg/5ml

  • Diazepam oral suspension 5mg/5ml

  • Diocalm Ultra Capsules

  • Dioctyl Ear Drops

  • Disprol Infant Suspension

  • Fefol Spansule Capsules

  • Fefol Z Spansule Capsules

  • Feospan Spansule Capsules

  • Fergon Tablets

  • Ferrocap Capsules

  • Ferrocap F-350 Capsules

  • Fluimucil Granules

  • Folicin Tablets

  • FSC Super B-Supreme High-Potency Tablets

  • Halibut Oil A & D Capsules (G R Lane Health Products)

  • HC45 Cream

  • Health+Plus Complex B Tablets

  • Healthilife Vitamin E Soya Free Capsules

  • Hill’s Balsam Children’s Mixture for Chesty Coughs

  • Hydrex Hand Rub

  • Kaodene Suspension

  • Lanacort Cream

  • Lanacort Ointment

  • Lanes Lecigran Granules

  • Ledercort Cream

  • Lemsip Flu Strength Night Time Formula

  • Midro-Tea Powder

  • Nasal Drops for Children (Boots)

  • Nezeril Nose Drops (single dose pipette)

  • Niconil Transdermal Patch

  • Nicotine Patch (QHR Limited)

  • Niferex 150 Tablets

  • Phor Pain

  • Phor Pain Double Strength

  • Pregnavite Forte F Tablets

  • Proctofibre Tablets

  • Quest Super Mega B-50 Timed Release Tablets

  • Quest Super Mega B + C Tablets

  • Radian-B Liniment

  • Radian-B Rub

  • Seba-Med Facial Wash

  • Softab Soft Lens Care Tablets

  • Vicks Vaposyrup Childrens Dry Cough

  • Zenoxone Cream.

(3)

In Schedule 11 (drugs to be prescribed under pharmacuetical services only in certain circumstances)—

(a)

the entry relating to Pregnavite Forte F Tablets shall be omitted; and

(b)

after the entry relating to Cyanocobalamin, there shall be inserted in columns 1, 2 and 3 respectively the following—

“

Niferex Elixir 30ml Paediatric Dropper BottleInfants born prematurelyProphylaxis and treatment of iron deficiency
Nizoral CreamAny patientTreatment of seborrhoeic dermatitis and pityriasis versicolor

”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Tom Sackville

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of Health

10th October 1994.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992 (“the Principal Regulations”) which regulate the terms on which doctors provide general medical services under the National Health Service Act 1977.

Regulation 2(2)(a) removes certain substances from the list in Schedule 10 to the Principal Regulations which lists drugs and other substances which may not be prescribed for supply in the course of pharmaceutical services under the National Health Service Act 1977, and regulation 2(2)(b) and includes certain other substances in that list. Regulation 2(3)(a) removes a substance in Schedule 11 to the Principal Regulations which lists substances which may be prescribed only in certain circumstances, and regulation 2(3)(b) includes certain other substances in that list.