The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 271 No 7280 p835
20/27 December 2003

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Health and Social Care Act 2001: LPS pilot schemes (PDF 210K)

LPS pilots provide repeats

Local Pharmaceutical Services pilots are to be allowed to provide repeat dispensing services if primary care trusts agree. Directions amending the relevant regulations came into force on 4 December. They allow pharmacies taking part in the first wave of LPS pilot contracts to provide repeat dispensing in the same way as pharmacies in the repeat pathfinder sites. They also allow LPS pharmacies to dispense prescriptions that have been written by supplementary prescribers and independent nurse prescribers.