This document summaries all legal requirements for all prescription types in the UK. It includes legal records which need to be made and any counselling points required for patients. It also includes special counselling points for methotrexate, lithium preparations and opioid preparations.
• FP10, FP10D, FP10PN, FP10PIN, Hospital scripts
• FP10CD
• Private Prescription
• Private CD FP10PCD
• Instalment Prescriptions FP10MDA
• Veterinary Prescriptions POM-V/POM-VPS
• Signed orders and CD requisitions
• Emergency supply
• Special Counselling point or advice
• Brand specific dispensing
, Prescription Type: FP10
Legal requirements:
1. Signatures
2. Address of prescriber
3. Date (valid for up to six months)
4. Particulars of prescriber & address
5. Full Name of the patient
6. Address of the patient (first line+town or postcode)
7. Age of the patient (if under 12 years)
Product supply: Label requirements:
1. Label • patient name
2. PIL • Name & Address of supplying pharmacy
3. Spoons/syringe • Date of dispensing
4. Information booklets • Name of medicine
• Direction for use
Record Making: • Precautions required for the use of the medicine
1. Pharmacy stamp
2. NHS BSA
Dentist (FP10D):
Counselling: • check dental practitioner formulary
1. Side effects
2. Monitoring Community Practitioner Nurse (FP10PN):
3. Special storage requirements • check Nurse Prescribers’ Formulary
4. Dose
5. Cautionary labels Nurse independent prescriber (FP10PIN):
6. Appropriate lifestyle
7. Special administrative requirements
8. Common interactions - household items/medicines
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