Different types of prescribers hold different prescribing rights. It is important for pharmacy contractors to be able to identify which products each type of prescriber is entitled to prescribe. Click on a drop down option below for further information of the prescribing rights for different types of prescriber:.
Click here for the General Medical Council searchable register. However, only in the specified circumstances, for the specified patient groups listed in the Drug Tariff and where this is within their scope of professional practice. They can prescribe any licensed medicine for any condition within their competence within the overarching framework of human movement, performance and function. Unlicensed medicines Controlled Drugs CDs They are able to prescribe for the treatment of organic disease or injury provided that the Controlled Drug is prescribed to be administered by the specified method:.
On 1 June the Misuse of Drugs Regulations were amended to allow physiotherapist independent prescribers to prescribe and administer a specified list of Controlled Drugs. Click here for the General Dental Council searchable register. Even though they are encouraged not to do so, dentists can prescribe by brands as long as they are not listed in Part XVIIIA drugs, medicines and other substances that may not be ordered under the NHS of the Drug Tariff.
Dentists working in secondary care issuing FP10 prescriptions are not restricted to the Dental Prescribing Formulary. They are able to prescribe any drug or medical device that would normally be allowed on an FP10 see doctors above.
They can write Emergency supply requests. Nurse independent prescribers. Click here for the NMC searchable register. I ndependent therapeutic radiographer prescribers. Prescribers must make a clear, accurate and legible record of reasons for using a medicine in an off-label manner.
Optometrist independent prescribers. They can prescribe any licensed medicine for ocular conditions affecting the eye and surrounding tissue. Additional information Click here for the General Optical Council searchable register. Nurse or pharmacist prescribers may be a useful addition to a chronic disease management service, for example, such as a blood pressure or diabetes clinics.
While numbers of adverse events between medical and independent prescribing groups were similar, information on adverse events was limited. Also, a variety of resource use measures were included in the studies, making it hard to compare them across the board. Non-medical prescribing versus medical prescribing for acute and chronic disease management in primary and secondary care. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. Non-medical prescribing. National Prescribing Centre.
Non-medical prescribing by nurses, optometrists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, podiatrists and radiographers: A quick guide for commissioners. Liverpool: National Prescribing Centre; Royal College of Nursing. London: Royal College of Nursing; There are two types of non-medical prescribers in the NHS: independent prescribers and supplementary prescribers.
This review focused on independent prescribers. Independent prescribers are practitioners responsible and accountable for the assessment of patients with previously undiagnosed or diagnosed conditions and for decisions about the clinical management required, including prescribing.
They are recommended to prescribe generically, except where this would not be clinically appropriate or where there is no approved non-proprietary name. This review confirms what many people have long believed from practice. Nurses and pharmacists, trained as independent prescribers, produce comparable clinical outcomes to doctors, when caring for patients with long-term conditions.
Now, a wider group of healthcare professionals work as independent prescribers in even more settings. Independent prescribers, for example, are working as advanced clinical practitioners in acute and emergency practice.
The challenge to researchers over the next few years is to generate further robust evidence as to the impact of these independent prescribers in the latest cutting-edge practice. Skip to main content Skip to navigation Skip to mobile navigation Skip to accessibility tools.
Who can prescribe my medicines? You are here: Home Getting help Understanding your medication Who can prescribe my medicines? Non-Medical Prescriber In recent years the number of healthcare professionals who are trained and allowed to prescribe has increased. The following websites offer information about the development of non-medical prescribing:. Prescribing restrictions As well as the question of who is qualified to prescribe, some medicines have restrictions on who is allowed to prescribe them.
Choosing a medicine How my medicine works Side-effects Medicines in pregnancy and breastfeeding Who can prescribe my medicines? Radiologist assistant chapter Registered nurse RN chapter Respiratory care practitioner chapter School personnel RCW 28A. Profession Authorizing Statute Chiropractor and chiropractic x-ray technician Chapter Note: See DOH webpage for opioid prescribing requirements.
Controlled substance prescription are limited to testosterone and codeine-containing substances in Schedules III-V. No oral steroids. Note : See DOH webpage for opioid prescribing requirements.
Initiate, modify or continue drug therapy under agreement with authorized prescriber. Agreement must be on file with the Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission. May prescribe legend drugs, including controlled substances and vaccines with a collaborative agreement. Veterinarians may dispense limited amount of prescriptions prescribed by other veterinarians per RCW Acupuncturist and Eastern medicine practitioners RCW Point injection therapy includes injection of sterile water, minerals and vitamins in liquid form.
Administer diagnostic and therapeutic agents during cardiac or vascular catheterization procedures under the personal supervision of a physician. Dental assistant, registered RCW Dental hygienist chapter Local anesthetics, topical fluoride and antimicrobials for dental patients only.
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