The National Health Service (Indicative Amounts) Regulations 1997
These Regulations make provision for the calculation of the basic price of drugs, medicines and listed appliances for the purpose of enabling Health Authorities to compare the actual costs with the indicative amounts for doctors’ practices which they are required to specify under section 18 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990. An indicative amount is an amount of money representing the basic price of drugs, medicines and listed appliances which a Health Authority considers it reasonable to expect will be supplied in a financial year pursuant to orders given by or on behalf of a medical practice.