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The Minister made the Health Insurance (Pharmaceutical Benefit) (General Provisions) (No2) (Amendment No.4) (Jersey) Order 2007.

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A decision made (21/12/2007) regarding: The Minister made the Health Insurance (Pharmaceutical Benefit) (General Provisions) (No2) (Amendment No.4) (Jersey) Order 2007.

Decision Reference:  MD-S-2007-0091

Decision Summary Title :

Health Insurance (Pharmaceutical Benefit) (General Provisions) (No2) (Amendment No.4) (Jersey) Order 2007

Date of Decision Summary:

  

Decision Summary Author:

Janice Waddell

Compliance and Governance Director

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

 Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

 

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

  

Written Report

Title :

Health Insurance (Pharmaceutical Benefit) (General Provisions) (No2) (Amendment No.4) (Jersey) Order 2007

Date of Written Report:

 12 December 2007

Written Report Author:

Janice Waddell

Compliance and Governance Director

Written Report :

Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

 Public 

Subject: 

Decision(s): The Minister made the Health Insurance (Pharmaceutical Benefit) (General Provisions) (No2) (Amendment No.4) (Jersey) Order 2007 
 

Reason(s) for Decision: The Minister had previously approved the settlement for the Pharmacy Contractors for the period which included October 2007 to September 2008, for the dispensing fee to be increased to £2.85 per item (from £2.73) and a revised sixth schedule.

Resource Implications: The Health Insurance Fund is ring-fenced for the subsidy of primary care.  The changes have an estimated additional cost to the Health Insurance Fund of £162,000.  There are no manpower implications.

Action required: Notify the Greffe and the Draftsman that the Order has been made and forward the signed and sealed Order to the Greffe for archiving. 

Signature:  

Position: 

Date Signed: 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed): 

The Minister made the Health Insurance (Pharmaceutical Benefit) (General Provisions) (No2) (Amendment No.4) (Jersey) Order 2007.

Health Insurance (Pharmaceutical Benefit) (General Provisions) (No2) (Amendment No.4) (Jersey) Order 2007  
 

As a result of the Ministerial Decision 0073 amendments to the Health Insurance (Pharmaceutical Benefit) (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2007 have been prepared by the Law Draftsman for notification to the States. 

The Order sets out the rate of dispensing fees paid to Pharmaceutical Contractors for the dispensing of Health Insurance prescription items and the percentage of the reimbursement price of medicines to be retained by the Health Insurance Fund.   

The Health Insurance Fund is ring-fenced for the subsidy of primary care.  The changes have an estimated additional annual cost to the Health Insurance Fund of £161,044.  There are no manpower implications. 

 

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