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Apr 5, 2021 · You must only prescribe drugs when you have adequate knowledge of your patient's health. And you must be satisfied that the drugs serve your patient's need. Following this guidance will help make sure that you practise safe prescribing.
It gives guidance to pharmacist prescribers in applying the standards when prescribing. The guidance applies whatever setting pharmacist prescribers work in. It sets out the key areas pharmacist prescribers should consider when applying the standards to their prescribing practice.
Jun 14, 2023 · This guidance is part of the Clinical safety section of the Good practice guidelines for GP electronic patient records. Medication safety management is the effective management of medicines with the aim of reducing risk of error and harm. Medication includes: any product prescribed by primary, secondary, tertiary, and private healthcare providers.
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.
Offer all patients the opportunity to be involved in making decisions about prescribed medicines. Establish what level of involvement in decision˗making the patient would like. Be aware that increasing patient involvement may mean that the patient decides not to take or to stop taking a medicine.
Read general advice on prescribing including biological and biosimilar medicines, complementary and alternative medicines, and unlicensed medicines. Also provides guidance on areas such as drugs and driving, security and validity of prescriptions, and PGDs.
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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