Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 2nd November 1992.

(2) In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1974(2).

Amendment to Schedule 2A to the principal Regulations

2. In Schedule 2A to the principal Regulations (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:-

• Amplex Original Mint Capsules

• Biovital Liquid

• Cyanocobalamin Tablets (any strength)

• Emulave

• Fennings Adult Powders

• Hill's Bronchial Balsam

• Night Nurse Capsules

• Night Nurse Cold Remedy

• Savlon Baby Care Cream;

  (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:-

• Acclaim Flea Control Aerosol Plus

• Actifed Cough Relief

• Allinson's Wholemeal Flour

• Ambre Solaire High Protection Cream SPF10

• Amplex Mint Capsules

• Amplex Original Capsules

• Anadin Ibuprofen Tablets

• Andrews Answer

• Andrews Antacid Tablets

• Appleford's Gluten-Free Rice Cakes

• Askit Capsules

• Aspro Paraclear Junior Tablets

• Aspro Paraclear Tablets

• Astral Moisturising Cream

• Autan Insect Repellent

• Aveeno Emulave Bar

• Bausch and Lomb Concentrated Cleaner (for hard lenses)

• Bausch and Lomb Soaking and Wetting Solution

• Beechams Night Nurse Capsules

• Beechams Night Nurse Syrup

• Benylin Non-Drowsy Cough Linctus

• Bio-Light Slimming Food Supplement

• Biovital Vitamin Tonic

• 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 and 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 Repellant Cream

• Elagen

• Elsan Blue Liquid

• Evening Primrose Oil Capsules

• Fanalgic Syrup

• Fanalgic Tablets

• Farley's Farex Weaning Food

• Farley's Premcare

• Farley's Premcare Ready-to-Feed

• Femafen Capsules

• Fennings Adult Cooling Powders

• GF Dietary Gluten-Free Carob Marble Cake

• GF Dietary Gluten-Free Christmas Pudding

• Health Aid Vitamin E Cream

• Health Aid Vitamin E Hand and Body Lotion

• Hedex Extra Caplets

• Hill's Adult Balsam

• 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 Shower and Bath Gel

• Neutrogena Shampoo

• Nicotinell TTS Patches

• Novaprin Tablets

• Pacifene Tablets

• Panaleve Six Plus Suspension

• Panerel Tablets

• Perform 1 Disinfecting Solution

• Perform 2 Rinsing and Neutralising Solution

• Pestroy Flea and Insect Powder

• Phisohex System Medicated Face Wash

• Phygeine Liquid

• Pine Bath Milk

• Power Nature Vitamin E Cream

• Pregaine Shampoo

• PR Freeze Spray

• Probase 3 Cream

• Proflex Capsules

• Radian-B Mineral Bath Liquid

• Radian-B Mineral Bath Salts

• Reach Mouthwash

• Relcofen Tablets

• Remegel Tablets

• Rennie Rap-Eze Tablets

• Rite-Diet Gluten-Free Banana Cake

• Rite-Diet Gluten-Free Biscuits (milk chocolate digestive biscuit)

• Rite-Diet Gluten-Free Coconut Cookies

• Rite-Diet Gluten-Free Date and Walnut Cake

• Rite-Diet Gluten-Free Ginger Cake

• Rite-Diet Gluten-Free Gingernut Cookies

• Rite-Diet Lemon Cake

• Roskens Ultracare 3

• Savlon Dry Skin Cream

• Seven Seas Vitamin and Mineral Tonic

• Slim-Fast Meal Replacement

• SP Cold Relief Capsules

• Sunnyvale Gluten-Free Rich Plum Pudding

• Supradyn Capsules

• Supradyn Effervescent Tablets

• Supradyn Tablets for Children

• Tenaset Wash Cream

• Tenaset Wash Cream (Unperfumed)

• Tixylix Cough and Cold Linctus

• Tixylix Day-Time Cough Linctus

• Tixylix Decongestant Inhalant Capsules

• Unichem Cold Relief Day-Time Liquid

• Unichem Cold Relief Night-Time Liquid

• Unichem Cold Relief Powders

• Vicks Vaposyrup for Chesty Coughs

• Vicks Vaposyrup for Chesty Coughs and Nasal Congestion

• Vicks Vaposyrup for Dry Coughs

• Vicks Vaposyrup for Dry Coughs and Nasal Congestion.

Substitution of Schedule 2B to the principal Regulations

3. For Schedule 2B to the principal Regulations (drugs to be supplied by general medical practitioners or prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services only in certain circumstances) there shall be substituted the following Schedule:-

Regulation 2(1)

"SCHEDULE 2BDRUGS TO BE SUPPLIED BY GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS OR PRESCRIBED FOR SUPPLY UNDER PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES ONLY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which come into force on 2nd November 1992, 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 list 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.

Schedule 2B to the principal Regulations lists certain drugs which may be prescribed under the NHS but only for specific clinical conditions. Regulation 3 in substituting that Schedule includes a new drug, Cyanocobalamin Tablets.