Family Practitioner Services (FPS) has a regulatory duty (under the Pharmaceutical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997) to prepare, maintain and publish (on a monthly basis) the Pharmaceutical List which is a consolidated list of all current pharmacy contractors (that includes name, address, contact number and hours of service) to which any prescription may be taken. Prescriptions for appliances may be taken to any pharmacy contractor or to any appliance supplier on the list. Pharmacy contractors providing Oxygen Therapy Service are also identifiable in the list.