
2022 No. 593
National Health Service, England And Wales
National Health Service, Scotland
Health And Personal Social Services, Northern Ireland
The Branded Health Service Medicines (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Made 26th May 2022
Laid before Parliament 1st June 2022
Coming into force 1st July 2022

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 263(1)(c), 264(3), 266(1) and (4A), and 272(7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006.

The Secretary of State has consulted in accordance with sections 263(1) and (1A) of that Act.
Citation, commencement and extent
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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Branded Health Service Medicines (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 1st July 2022.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Amendment of the Branded Health Service Medicines (Costs) Regulations 2018
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(1) The Branded Health Service Medicines (Costs) Regulations 2018 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3 (payment scheme)—
(a) in paragraph (1), for the table substitute the following table—“

Table
Applicable Period Payment Percentage
1st July 2022 to the end of 2022 14.3%
2023 and any subsequent calendar year 24.4%”;
(b) in paragraph (1B)—
(i) for “1st April 2020 to the end of 2020” substitute “1st July 2022 to the end of 2022”;
(ii) for “5.0%” substitute “17.7%”, and
(iii) for “7.4%” substitute “14.3%”; and
(c) in paragraph (1C)—
(i) for “1st April 2020 to the end of 2020” substitute “1st July 2022 to the end of 2022”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (a)—(aa) for “1st January 2020” substitute “1st January 2022”, and(bb) for “31st March 2020” substitute “30th June 2022”, and
(iii) in sub-paragraph (b), for “14.7%” substitute “10.9%”.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social CareKamall
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health and Social Care
26th May 2022