Prescribing

Question 1

What is prescribing?

Answer 1

• The advice and authorisation of medicines and treatments to someone

Question 2

What is dispensing?

Answer 2

• Provisions of medications and treatments set out legally on a prescription

Question 3

What are controlled drugs?

Answer 3

• Controlled under the misuse of drugs act 2001 that states rules around controlled drugs to prevent them for being obtained illegally and causing harm.
• They set rules on how they are stored, produced, supplied and prescribed.

Question 4

What are patient group directives?

Answer 4

• Documents in England that allow for the supply of presciription only drugs to certain patients who already have individual prescriptions.

Question 5

What are patient specific directions?

Answer 5

• Traditionally a set of written instructions from a prescribing ie medics, dentist or non medical prescriber that allows ‘the prescriber’ to give permission for supply and administration of a drug to a named person having already assessed the patient on an individual basis.

Question 6

What are emergency medications?

Answer 6

• Use of parantenal admin - except from PGDs, PSDs and prescriptions.
• Anaphylaxis/glucagon/glucose injections

Question 7

What are significant event analysis?

Answer 7

• Used in both good and bad situations
• Used for near misses
• Not about blame but accepting responsibility and learning and acknowledging lessons

Question 8

What is antibiotic stewardship?

Answer 8

• Using appropriately to minimise ressitance