Post by kickingfrog on Jun 21, 2012 16:57:11 GMT
.....The Blacklist
The ‘Blacklist’ can be found in Schedule 1 to the NHS (General Medical Services Contracts) (Prescription of Drugs etc.) Regulations 2004 which is reproduced in Part XVIIIA of the Drug Tariff.
Any food, drug, toiletry or cosmetic may be prescribed on an NHS prescription unless the product is listed in Part XVIIIA of the Drug Tariff. For example, whisky is not on the blacklist, so a prescription for this item would be passed for payment by the NHSBSA Prescription Services. The prescriber may however be questioned by their Primary Care Trust (PCT) about the appropriateness of prescribing this item at NHS expense.
As a general rule, if a proprietary (branded) product is listed in ‘the blacklist’, it can not be prescribed on the NHS. .....
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Borderline Substances List
Part XV of the Drug Tariff is known as the ‘Borderline Substances’ list. In certain conditions, some foods and toiletry preparations have the characteristics of drugs. A board known as the Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances (ACBS) advises on the circumstances in which these products may be regarded as drugs. Part XV of the Drug Tariff is split into two lists:
List A is an alphabetical index of the approved borderline products and the conditions they may be prescribed for.
List B is an alphabetical index of medical conditions and related approved products for managing those conditions.
Prescribers should endorse prescriptions with the endorsement ‘ACBS’ if they are issuing the prescription in accordance with the Committee’s advice.
If the ACBS endorsement is missing for a product on the borderline substances list, pharmacy contractors can still dispense the prescription and it will be passed for payment by the NHSBSA Prescription Services. However the prescriber may be asked by their PCT to justify why the product has been dispensed at NHS expense. Pharmacy staff should not add the ACBS endorsement......
www.psnc.org.uk/pages/allowed_disallowed_items.html
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