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Controlled drugs and reccomendations from the shipman enquiry.
- As an NMP
- Changes to Misuse of drugs Act in 2012
mean NMP are able to prescribe from
Schedules 2-5 for any medical condition
within their competence.
- Schedule 1~ possession and supply prohibited
except in accordance with home office authority.
Not used medicinally ie LSD.
- Schedule 2~ Subject to the full controlled
drugs requirements. Locked up and
registered. Diamorphine, Morphine ,
Methadone.
- Schedule 3~ Same prescription requirements as 2 but
no requirement to register. Temazepam, Oramorph if
less than 13 mg per 5ml
- Schedule 4~ CD prescription
requirements, no register.
- Schedule 5~ Because of
strength exempt from all
CD requirements, except to
keep invoices for 2 years.
- The Misuse of Drugs (Supply to
Addicts) Regulations 1997 require
that only medical practitioners who
hold a special licence issued by the
home secretary may prescribe
administer or supply
diarmorphine,dipipanone or cocaine
in the treatment of addiction.
- Misuse of Drugs Act
1971. Misuse of Drugs
Regulation 2001
- Schedule 1~ possession and supply prohibited
except in accordance with home office authority.
Not used medicinally ie LSD.
- Writing a controlled drugs prescription
- Do not prescribe beyond
your limits of competence
and experience
- Signed and dated in
indelible ink with prescribers
address and contact
number.
- Must always
have Full name
and address of
patient
- The form and
strength of
any
preparation.
- The total quantity in
words and figures
- The
dose.
- Recommendations from The Shipman
enquiry 2000, The Governments response to
the Fourth report published April 2006.
- Prescriptions
for CDs to be
uniquely
marked
- Standardisation of private
and NHS CD prescription
- The registration
number of the
prescriber will be
identified on any
CD prescription.
- Only valid for
28 days
- Patients NHS number to
be included on all
prescriptions
- GWH Policy on intranet.
- Communication made with GP must be made the same
day or if overnight / weekend - information should be
available the next working day.
- Communication made with GP must be made the same
day or if overnight / weekend - information should be
available the next working day.
- Prescriptions
for CDs to be
uniquely
marked
- Do not prescribe beyond
your limits of competence
and experience
- Do not prescribe for yourself.Do not prescribe
for someone close to you except in
exceptional circumstances.
- Max 30 days supply except S5
drugs.
- Changes to Misuse of drugs Act in 2012
mean NMP are able to prescribe from
Schedules 2-5 for any medical condition
within their competence.
- Mel Curtis 97002066
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