Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, November 2, 2021

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Subordinate Legislation

NHS Education for Scotland Amendment Order 2021 (SSI 2021/330)

National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/335)

The next item on our agenda is consideration of ?subordinate legislation. We have two negative instruments, the first of which is the NHS Education for Scotland Amendment Order 2021, which creates additional capacity and capability in NHS Scotland to provide healthcare-related digital services. In doing so, NES will become one of the delivery arms of the Scottish Government’s digital health and care strategy, with a focus on enabling the development of national patient-facing digital products and services.

The National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 amends the 2011 regulations for prescription charges applied to English prescription forms if presented for dispensing in Scotland. It increases the amounts charged in line with increased charges in England.

The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the ?instruments and made no recommendations. No motions to annul have been lodged.

As members have no?comments, I propose that the committee make no recommendations in relation to those negative instruments. Do members agree?

Members indicated agreement.

At our next meeting on 9 November, the committee will take evidence from the Minister for Public Health, Women’s Health and Sport on session 6 priorities, followed by an evidence session on seasonal preparedness and winter planning. That concludes the public part of our meeting today.