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practise safe prescribing. It reminds you that, where possible, you must avoid prescribing for yourself or those close to you. This guidance covers what you need to consider when prescribing unlicensed medicines, repeat prescribing and when you share responsibility for your patient with a colleague. It also gives important
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In applying this guidance in practice, pharmacist prescribers must be able to justify their decisions and use their professional judgement in the person’s best interests. This guidance should be applied alongside the. standards for pharmacy professionals, which. all pharmacy professionals must meet. It should also be applied alongside our.
Apr 5, 2021 · Good practice in prescribing and managing medicines and devices. This guidance will help you make sure that you practise safe prescribing. It reminds you that where possible, you must avoid prescribing for yourself or those close to you.
access to information on new or less familiar medicines, and the related prescribing policies. The NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service, through its Medicines Information Centres, is able to provide support. Contact details are provided in the British National Formulary (BNF) or via www.sps.nhs.uk.
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Mar 4, 2015 · Making decisions using NICE guidelines explains how we use words to show the strength (or certainty) of our recommendations, and has information about prescribing medicines (including off-label use), professional guidelines, standards and laws (including on consent and mental capacity), and safeguarding.
Accountability. Accountability covers four distinct areas: ... Prescribers are called to account for their practice and in order to practice safely they must have: ... Legal consent may be considered as: ... To be valid, consent must be informed, which requires the patient to be aware of: ...
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Prescribing decisions must take into account the child’s age, weight and development stage. For detailed advice, consult the current version of the BNF for Children. Medicines licensed for use in children in the specific age range and for specific disease must always be used if available.
