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Good practice in prescribing and managing medicines and devices (2013)
Good practice in prescribing and managing medicines and devices (2013) was published on 31 January 2013 and comes into effect on 25 February 2013. It replaces Good practice in prescribing medicines (2008) and incorporates Remote prescribing via telephone, video-link or online (2012).
In this online version you can navigate through the guidance using the arrows at the foot of each page, or use the links below to go straight to a particular topic. You can also open the prescribing guidance (pdf).
Contents
- About this guidance (paras 1 - 5)
- Keeping up to date and prescribing safely (paras 6 - 13)
- Need and objectivity (paras 14 - 19)
- Consent (paras 21 - 29)
- Sharing information with colleagues (paras 30 - 34)
- Shared care (paras 35 - 43)
- Raising concerns (paras 44 - 45)
- Reporting adverse drug reactions, medical device incidents and other patient safety incidents (paras 46 - 50)
- Reviewing medicines (paras 51 - 54)
- Repeat prescribing and prescribing with repeats (paras 55 - 59)
- Remote prescribing via telephone, video-link or online (paras 60 - 66)
- Prescribing unlicensed medicines (paras 67 - 70)
- Sports medicine (para 75)