The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013

Further activities to be carried out in connection with the provision of dispensing services U.K.

8.  In connection with the services provided under paragraphs 3 to 7, the LPS contractor (C) must—

(a) ensure that appropriate advice is given to patients about any drugs or appliances provided to them—

(i) to enable them to utilise the drugs or appliances appropriately, and

(ii) to meet the patient's reasonable needs for general information about the drugs or appliances;

(b) provide appropriate advice to patients to whom they provide drugs or appliances on—

(i) the safe keeping of the drugs or appliances, and

(ii) returning unwanted drugs or appliances to the scheme premises for safe destruction;

(c) provide a patient with a written note [F1 (which may be in an electronic form)] of any drug or appliance which is owed, and inform the patient when it is expected that the drug or appliance will become available;

(d) keep and maintain records—

(i) of drugs and appliances provided, in order to facilitate the continued care of the patient,

(ii) in appropriate cases, of advice given and any interventions or referrals made (including clinically significant interventions in cases involving repeatable prescriptions), and

(iii) of notes provided under sub-paragraph (c);

(e) if C provides a drug or appliance under an electronic prescription, provide the patient, if the patient so requests, with a written record of the drugs or appliances ordered on that prescription and, in the case of an electronic repeatable prescription, of the number of occasions on which it can be dispensed; and

(f) ensure that where a person is refused drugs or appliances pursuant to paragraph 7(1)(b), (2), (3) or (4), the patient is referred back to the prescriber for further advice.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 7 para. 8(c) inserted (9.11.2020) by The National Health Service (Charges and Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1126), regs. 1(2), 25