Private Prescriptions Flashcards
Green Prescription Form Type
-FP10SS: GP,. community, nurse independent, hospital unit, supplementary prescribers
-FP10NC: GP
FP10HNC: Hospital Unit
Yellow Prescription Type
- FP10D
- Only items in the dental formulary can be prescribed
- Dentists are strongly advised to prescribe generically
- Can prescribe by brand equivalent name provide its not listed in the section of drug tariff (black list)
Lilac Prescription Form Type
- FP10PN
- FP10SP
- Community practitioner nurse prescriber
- Nurse Independent prescriber
- Out of hours centre prescribers
- Prescriptions must be annoyed with type of prescriber issuing it
- Unless annotated with independent or supplementary only items in nurse formulary
- FP10-REC are used by OOH providers to record items supplied directly to a patient and not dispensed through a community pharmacy, submitted directly to NHSBSA for reimbursement
Blue Prescription Form Type
FP10MDA-SS: GP, nurse, independent, supplementary, hospital unit
FP10MDA-S: GP
FP10MDA-SP: Independent, supplementary
-FP10HMDA: Hospital Unit
–Prescriptions must be annotated with type of prescriber issuing it
Pink Prescription Form Type
- FP10PCDSS: Private prescribers issuing a Schedule 2-3 CD dispensed by a community pharmacy
- Prescriptions must be annotated with type of prescriber issuing it
- Copies need to be sent to the pricing authority separately to /NHS prescription forms at the end of the month. Require a private dispensing code.
White Online Prescription Form Type
- FP10PCDF
- Controlled drug requisition form
- CD requisition form to obtain schedule 2 and 3 CD for stock from community pharmacy has been replaced with a new approved mandatory requisition form, available from NHSBA website
Private Prescriptions
- Non-NHS Prescriptions
- Can be written on any piece of paper, no specific layout
- However, prescription requirements of FP10 still apply
- Pharmacist can charge any amount
- RX for a POM must be retained for 2 years from the date of last sale/supply
Legal Requirements of FP10
- Drug name, strength, quantity, and direction are not LEGALLY required
- Written indelibly
- Age and or DOB if under 12
- Patient name and address
- Date (must be dispensed within 6 months)
- Signed in ink by prescriber
- Type of Prescriber
- Prescribers address (name not legally required)
Repeat Prescriptions
- Can be repeated as indicated by prescriber (eg. repeat x3 = prescription is dispensed 4 times in total)
- If the number of repeats isn’t stated, the prescription can only be repeated once (dispensed twice), UNLESS it is for an oral contraceptive - can be repeated 5 times = dispensed 6 times.
Private prescription - Record of Supply
- Legal requirement
- POM register (book or electric)
- Entry must be made on the day or following day
- POM register retained for 2 years from date of last entry
Private prescription - Record of Supply exemptions
- Prescriptions for OC (Oral contraceptives)?
- Schedule 2 CD drugs (CD register record would have been made, however good practice to still record)
Private Prescription Record- LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
Legally following should be included:
- Supply date
- Prescription date
- Medicine info: name, quantity, formulation, strength
- Prescriber name and address
- Patient name and address
Private Prescription Record - GOOD PRACTICE
- Dosage (good practice)
- Price charged (good practice)
- Reference number (good practice)
How to endorse private RX
- Pharmacy Stamp
- Date Dispensed
