HL Deb 26 October 1994 vol 558 c44WA
The Countess of Mar

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they accept that an error was made in the drafting of Regulations 4(2)(b)(i) and (ii) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1992 (SI 1992 No. 662), whether they propose to amend the regulations and, if not, why not.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Baroness Cumberlege)

The Regulations have been approved by Parliament. The Government are aware that both the medical and pharmaceutical professions have concerns about the way in which the rules that govern dispensing in rural areas operate. While the Government are not ruling out changing the regulations, any such change addressing the concerns of one profession would be made only after considering the representations of the other.