This guidance, which remains extant, has been drawn to the attention of the NHS in Scotland under cover of a letter from the Chief Medical Officer and the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer and can be found at: http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/publications/DC20091118trading.pdf In Scotland, the NHS (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010 (SSI 2010/128) introduced on 1 May 2010 place an obligation upon pharmacists who dispense NHS prescriptions to use all reasonable endeavours to provide prescribed drugs and appliances with reasonable promptness and not to engage in activity...