Part 1: Health Service in England: Integration, Collaboration and Other Changes Integrated Care Boards: Functions Schedule 3: Conferral of primary care functions on integrated care boards etc. Pharmaceutical services
New section 168A allows the Secretary of State to direct NHS England to exercise any of the Secretary of State’s functions relating to services that may be provided as pharmaceutical services, or as local pharmaceutical services, under Part 7 (Pharmaceutical Services and Local Pharmaceutical Services) of the NHS Act 2006.
	The provision of pharmaceutical services and local pharmaceutical services under Part 7 are also capable of being delegated from NHS England to integrated care boards via the mechanisms in section 65Z5 (by agreement) or section 13YB(2)(b)(iv) (by direction).