Hospital Pharmacist
Vol 12 No 5 p166
May 2005

News summary

Regulations updated for non-medical prescribing

Unlicensed medicines and Controlled Drugs can now be prescribed by nurse and pharmacist supplementary prescribers. All Controlled Drugs except those in Schedule 1 of the Misuse of Drug Regulations 2001 (not intended for medicinal use) are included.

Other changes to prescribing regulations mean that three groups of allied health professionals will now be able to train as supplementary prescribers. After completing an accredited course, physiotherapists, chiropodists/ podiatrists and radiographers will be able to prescribe. It is likely to be September before anyone in these groups will be qualified.