A table showing the different types of NHS prescribers and what they are able to prescribe. Useful for pharmacy students. Information derived from the PSNC website.
Community
Pharmacist Nurse Supplementary Chiropodist and
Doctors Dentists Practitioner Optometrist IP Physiotherapist IP
IP IP Prescriber Podiatrist IP
Nurse
Any licensed Any licensed
Products Any licensed medicine for any medicine for any
included in medicine for condition within condition within
Within their own
Products ocular their competence their
Licensed the DPF level of
In accordance conditions within the competence and
✔ (Part XVIIA professional included in
drugs with CMP affecting the overarching relevant to the Tx of
of DT) on competence and the NPF eye and framework of disorders affecting
an FP10D expertise
surrounding human movement, the foot, ankle and
Rx tissue. performance and associated
function. structures.
Only when this is
accepted clinical
practice and where
Off-label Only when this is accepted clinical practice and where they
they accept In accordance
and off- ✔ X X accept clinical/legal responsibility for their prescribing
clinical/legal with CMP
license decision.
responsibility for
their prescribing
decision.
Unli- In accordance
✔ X ✔ X X X X
censed with CMP
For the Tx of For the Tx of
Any Schedule organic disease or organic disease or
Only 2, 3, 4 or 5 CD injury provided that injury provided that
Any Schedule 2, 3,
prescribe (except the CD is prescribed the CD is prescribed
4 or 5 CD (except
CDs Diamorphine, to be administered to be administered
Diamorphine,
CDs ✔ included in X Dipipanone or X by the specified by the specified
Dipipanone or
the DPF on Cocaine for method: method:
Cocaine for
an FP10D addiction) in Diazepam, Diazepam;
addiction).
Rx accordance Dihydrocodeine, Dihydrocodeine;
with CMP Lorazepam, Lorazepam; and
Morphine, Temazepam
, Oxycodone,
Temazepam, by oral
administration;
Morphine for
by oral
injectable
administration.
administration; and
Fentanyl for
transdermal
administration.
Appliances Only if its for
Appliances Appliances Appliances/ dressings for the treatment of
listed in In accordance the eye and
✔ listed in ✔ ✔ listed in the conditions relevant to their respective
Part IX of with CMP surrounding
the DPF NPF areas of professional practice.
DT tissue
Only in the
specified
circumstances, for
Selected the specified
Only in the specified circumstances, for the specified patient
List patient groups In accordance
✔ X X groups listed in DT and where this is within their scope of
Scheme listed in DT and with CMP
professional practice.
(SLS) where this is within
their scope of
professional
practice.
Only
Borderline products
In accordance DT indicates that they should not need to
substances ✔ in the DPF ✔ ✔ X ✔
with CMP prescribe any items on the ACBS list.
(ACBS) on an
FP10D Rx
Can also NPF is Can also write
They can Can also write On 1 June 2015 the Misuse of Drugs
write Can also write annotated repeat Rxs and
write repeat Regulations 2001 were amended to allow
Additional repeat repeat dispensing with a emergency
emergency dispensing Rxs these prescribers to prescribe and
info dispensing Rxs and emergency number of supply
supple and emergency administer a specified list of Controlled
Rxs and supply requests restrictions requests, in
requests supply requests Drugs.
emergency linked to accordance
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