NHS England may establish pilot schemes.
In this Part, a "pilot scheme" means one or more agreements—
A pilot scheme may include arrangements—
A pilot scheme may not combine arrangements for the provision of local pharmaceutical services with arrangements for the provision of primary medical services or primary dental services.
In determining the arrangements it needs to make in order to comply with section 126, NHS England may take into account arrangements under a pilot scheme made by it.
The functions of an NHS trust and an NHS foundation trust include power to provide any services to which a pilot scheme applies.
In this Chapter—
"local pharmaceutical services" means such services of a kind which may be provided under section 126, or by virtue of section 127 (other than practitioner dispensing services) as may be prescribed for the purposes of this Chapter, and
"piloted services" means services provided under a pilot scheme (including any services to which the scheme applies as a result of subsection (3)).
"Practitioner dispensing services" means the provision of drugs, medicines or listed appliances (within the meaning given by section 126) by a medical practitioner or dental practitioner to a patient of his pursuant to arrangements made by virtue of section 132(1).