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

Made: 11th October 1994

Laid before Parliament: 11th October 1994

Coming into force: 1st November 1994

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 19, 27 and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978([^f00001]), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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

• (2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1974([^f00002]).

Amendment to Schedule 2A to the principal Regulations

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In Schedule 2A to the principal Regulations([^f00003]) (drugs and other substances not to be supplied by general medical practitioners or prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services)–

• (a) the following entries shall be deleted:–

• 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 Cleanser

• Softtab Soft Lens Care Tablets

• Spectraban 10 Lotion

• Sun Yums Gluten Free & Dairy Free Muffins

• Vicks Vaposyrup Childrens; and

• (b) each of the following entries shall be inserted at such points in the alphabetical order as are appropriate having regard to the initial letter of each entry:–

• 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.

Amendment to Schedule 2B to the principal Regulations

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Schedule 2B to the principal Regulations([^f00004]) (drugs to be supplied by general medical practitioners or prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services only in certain circumstances) shall be amended as follows:–

• (a) the entry relating to Pregnavite Forte F Tablets shall be deleted; and

• (b) after the entry relating to Cyanocobalamin Tablets there shall be inserted in columns 1, 2 and 3 respectively the following:–

Signed

Fraser of Carmyllie — Minister of State, Scottish Office — 11th October 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which come into force on 1st November 1994, amend the National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1974 (“the principal Regulations”) which regulate the terms on which doctors and chemists provide general medical services and pharmaceutical services under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.

Schedule 2A to the principal Regulations lists drugs and other substances which cannot be supplied by doctors, or prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services. Regulation 2 deletes certain substances from, and adds other substances to, that Schedule.

Regulation 3(a) deletes a drug in Schedule 2B to the principal Regulations which lists certain drugs which may be prescribed under the NHS but only for specific clinical conditions. Regulation 3(b) adds two new preparations to that Schedule.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1978 c. 29; section 19 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) (“the 1980 Act”), section 7, by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 7, paragraph 2, by the Medical Act 1983 (c. 54), Schedule 5, paragraph 17(a) and by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 37; section 27 was amended by the 1980 Act, section 20(2), by the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 66), section 3(3) and by the 1990 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 19(7); seesection 108(1) for definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1974/506; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1985/296, 534, 804 and 1713, 1986/303, 925, 1507 and 2310, 1987/1382, 1988/1073 and 2259, 1989/1883, 1990/883 and 2509, 1991/572 and 2241, 1992/2401 and 1993/2449.

[^f00003]: Schedule 2A was inserted by S.I. 1985/296.

[^f00004]: Schedule 2B was inserted by S.I. 1985/296 and was last substituted by S.I. 1992/2401.