Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017

Overview of the Act

Reproduced verbatim from the Explanatory Notes published with the Act on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Explanatory Notes are prepared by the responsible government department and are not part of the Act.

The Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act amends and extends existing provisions of the National Health Service Act 2006 ("the NHS Act 2006") which relate to: the remuneration for person providing special medicinal products; the control of the cost of health service medicines and other medical supplies; the provision of pricing and other information to the Secretary of State by those manufacturing, distributing or supplying health service medicines, medical supplies or other related products required for the purposes of the health service; and the disclosure of the information referred to in the preceding paragraph in specified circumstances.

The Act also amends existing provisions of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 ("NHS (Wales) Act") which relate to: the remuneration for persons providing special medicinal products; the provision of pricing and other information to the Welsh Ministers by persons who provide primary medical services under Part 4 of the NHS (Wales) Act or persons who provide pharmaceutical services under Part 7 of the NHS (Wales) Act; and the disclosure of the information referred to in the preceding paragraph in specified circumstances.

Sections 1 and 2 of the Act relate to remuneration for persons providing special medicinal products as part of the health services in England and Wales. The new sections amend the NHS Act 2006 and clarify that the Secretary of State can make regulations regarding remuneration for pharmaceutical services specifically with respect to special medicinal products.