Private Prescriptions Flashcards
1
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Green Prescription Form Type
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-FP10SS: GP,. community, nurse independent, hospital unit, supplementary prescribers
-FP10NC: GP
FP10HNC: Hospital Unit
2
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Yellow Prescription Type
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- 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)
3
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Lilac Prescription Form Type
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- 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
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Blue Prescription Form Type
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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
5
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Pink Prescription Form Type
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- FP10PCDSS: Private prescribers issuing a Schedule 2-3 CD dispensed by a community pharmacy
- Prescribptions 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.
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White Online Prescription Form Type
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- 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
7
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Private Prescriptions
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- 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
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Legal Requirements of FP10
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- Drug name, strength, quantity, 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)
9
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Repeat Prescriptions
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- Can be repeated as indicated by prescriber (eg. repeat x3 = prescription is dispensed 4 times in total
- If number of repeats isn’t stated, prescription can only be repeated once (dispensed twice), unless it is for an oral contraceptive, that can be on repeat x5 so in total 6.
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Record of Supply
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- Must be made in the POM register (must be a book or electric)
- Entry must be made on the day or following day
- POM register retained for 2 years from date of last entry
- Exemptions of POM register:
- Prescriptions for OC
- Schedule 2 CD drugs (Separate CD register record would have been made., however good practice to still record)
11
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Private Prescription Record
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Legally following should be included:
- Supply date
- Prescription date
- Medicines name: name. quanity, formulation, strength
- Prescriber name and address
- Patient name and address
- Dosage (good practice)
- Price charged (good practice)
- Reference number (good practice)
12
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How to endorse private RX
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- Pharmacy Stamp
- Date Dispensed
