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Statutory Instrument 1992 No.2412

The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment Regulations 1992

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1992 No.2412

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE,

ENGLAND AND WALES

The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment Regulations 1992

Made12th October 1992
Laid before Parliament12th October 1992
Coming into force2nd November 1992

    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 1977[1] and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
    Citation and commencement
        1.    These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 2 November 1992.
    Amendment of Regulations
        2.—(1)  The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992[2] 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:—
        "Cyanocobalamin tablets (any strength)

          Emulave

          Savlon Baby Care Cream";
       (b) the following entries shall be inserted at such places in the alphabetical order of the entries in that Schedule as are appropriate, having regard to the initial letter of each entry:—
        "Acclaim Flea Control Aerosol Plus

          Actifed Cough Relief

          Allinson's Wholemeal Flour

          Ambre Solaire High Protection Cream SPF10

          Anadin Ibuprofen Tablets

          Andrews Answer

          Andrews Antacid Tablets

          Appleford's Gluten-Free Rice Cakes

          Askit Capsules

          Astral Moisturising Cream

          Autan Insect Repellent

          Aveeno Emulave Bar

          Bausch & Lomb Concentrated Cleaner (for Hard Lenses)

          Bausch & Lomb Soaking and Wetting Solution

          Benylin Non-Drowsy Cough Linctus

          Bio-Light Slimming Food Supplement

          Bronalin Dry Cough Linctus

          Cabdrivers Junior Linctus

          Cal-A-Cool Aftersun Moisturising Cream

          Calpol Extra Tablets

          Candermyl Liposome Cream

          Cantassium Fructose

          Cetaphil Lotion

          Chickweed Ointment

          Clerz Lubricating, Cleaning & Comfort Sachets

          Clinique Clarifying Lotion

          Clinique Continuous Coverage

          Clinique Crystal Clear Cleaning Oil

          Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion

          Clinique Facial Mild Soap

          Confiance Dietary Supplement Tablets

          Contactasol Solar Saline Spray

          Coppertone Sun Tanning Lotion SPF6

          Cullen's Headache Powders

          Cuprofen Tablets

          Dentu-Hold Liquid

          Dettox Antibacterial Cleanser

          Dextro Energy Glucose Tablets

          Dietade Dietary Foods Fruit Sugar

          Dusk Insect Repellent Cream

          Elagen

          Elsan Blue Liquid

          Fanalgic Syrup

          Fanalgic Tablets

          Farley's Farex Weaning Food

          Farley's Premcare

          Farley's Premcare Ready-to-Feed

          Femafen Capsules

          GF Dietary Gluten-Free Christmas Pudding

          GF Dietary Gluten-Free Carob Marble Cake

          Health Aid Vitamin E Cream

          Health Aid Vitamin E Hand and Body Lotion

          Hedex Extra Caplets

          Ibrufhalal Tablets

          Jungle Formula Insect Repellent Gel

          K'An Herbal Preparations

          Kolynos Denture Fixative

          Lem-Plus Capsules

          Lemsip Cold Relief Capsules

          Lemsip Night-Time Liquid

          Lotil Facial Cream

          Maws Sterilising Tablets

          Meltus Adult Dry Cough Elixir

          Meltus Adult Expectorant

          Meltus Baby Cough Linctus

          Meltus Honey and Lemon Cough Linctus

          Meltus Junior Expectorant

          Mentholatum Deep Freeze Spray

          Migrafen Tablets

          Milton Sterilising Tablets

          Minadex Chewable Vitamin Tablets

          Mu-Cron Junior Syrup

          Napisan Nappy Treatment

          Natusan Baby Ointment

          Neutrogena Body Oil (Scented and Unscented)

          Neutrogena Conditioner

          Neutrogena Hand Cream

          Neutrogena Lip Care

          Neutrogena Liquid

          Neutrogena Moisture

          Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Body Emulsion

          Neutrogena Rainbath ;
       (c) in the entry for "Rite-Diet Gluten-Free Biscuits", for the words "half-coated", there shall be substituted the words "milk".

        (3)  In Schedule 11 (drugs to be prescribed under pharmaceutical services only in certain circumstances), after the entries relating to Clobazam, there shall be inserted in columns 1, 2 and 3 respectively the following—
      CyanocobalaminA patient who is a vegan or who has a proven vitamin B12 deficiency of dietary originTreatment or prevention of vitamin B12 deficiency


Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Brian Mawhinney

Minister, Department of Health

12th October 1992






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, of 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) includes certain other substances in that list. Regulation 2(3) includes a substance in Schedule 11 of the Principal Regulations which lists substances which may be prescribed only in certain circumstances.



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Notes:

[1] 1977 c. 49; See section 128(1) for the definitions of "prescribed" and "regulations"; section 29 was amended by paragraphs 42 and 93 of Schedule 1 to the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) ("the 1980 Act "), modified by article 7(3) of S.I.1985/39, and further amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41); section 126(4) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19).

[2] S.I.1992/635.

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