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HSC 1999/148: Treatment for impotence

  • Document type:
    Health Service Circular
  • Author:
    Department of Health
  • Published date:
    30 June 1999
  • Primary audience:
    Professionals
  • Gateway reference:
    1999
  • Series number:
    HSC 1999/148
  • Pages:
    7
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown copyright

This circular follows on from HSC 1999/115 which explains the Secretary of State's decisions about the availability of impotence treatments from GPs on NHS prescription. Regulations were laid before Parliament and came into effect on 1 July 1999.

This circular:

  • sets out the content of the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment (No 2) Regulations 1999, SI 1999/1627, which came into effect on 1 July 1999
  • provides advice to GPs on frequency of prescribing
  • provides information and advice on implementing the new arrangements
  • answers some commonly posed questions about HSC 1999/115

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