Prescribing

Question 1

What is the FP10?

Answer 1

(1. ) The FP10 is a prescription that can be issued by a GP, nurse, pharmacist prescriber, supplementary prescriber or a hospital doctor in England.
(2. ) FP10 is green and is used by GP’s for prescriptions in England.

Question 2

What is the minimum information required for legal prescription for a non-controlled drug

Answer 2

1) The prescriber’s signature: include his or her initials, or forenames, and surname.
2) The prescriber’s address - practice address

3) A date next to prescriber’s signature.
- This is the date the prescriber signed the prescription but the prescriber is also allowed to put a date before which the prescription should not be dispensed.

4) Patient’s details - name and address
- pt <12 years = age or date of birth must be stated but this is not required for older patients.

5) Information about the product supplied

Question 3

What does the patient do with the FP10 and what payment is made?

Answer 3

The FP10 can be taken to any chemist/pharmacy in England; unless the patient has an exemption a prescription charge of £9.15 is made for each item.

Question 4

What different routes can be used to administer drugs to a patient? What is the abbreviation used on a prescription for each of these routes?

Answer 4

oral (po),
intravenous (iv),
rectal (pr),
subcutaneous (sc),
intramuscular (im),
intra-nasal (in),
topical (top),
sublingual (sl),
inhaled (inh),
nebulised (neb).