Citation and commencement

1. 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.

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

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-

• 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-

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.