The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 266 No 7139 p342-343
17 March 2001

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NRT products to be available as POM and GSL

Nicotine replacement therapy products are to be prescribable on the National Health Service again, the Government announced on March 14 (No Smoking Day). All the products, with the exception of Nicobrevin, listed in Schedule 10 of the NHS (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992 and the NHS (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 are to be removed from the blacklist by the end of April. At the same time, low-strength nicotine patches, lozenges and gum are to be made available on general sale.

The Department of Health is also proposing to allow nurse prescribers to prescribe NRT as a way of reducing the workload of general medical practitioners.

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