Can a pharmacist prescribe and dispense the same medicine?

PharmacyLaw guidance graphic about whether a pharmacist can prescribe and dispense the same medicine.
Controlled drugs Pharmacist and technician responsibilities Pharmacy inspections and enforcement Pharmacy premises standards Record-keeping requirements Safe dispensing practices
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1 The legal position
2 A valid prescription is still required
3 Prescribing and administering are different
4 GPhC guidance for pharmacist prescribers
5 Standards for pharmacy professionals
6 Standards for registered pharmacies
7 Is an independent clinical check legally required?
8 Self-checking the dispensed medicine
9 Risk assessment
10 When separation is particularly valuable
11 Financial and commercial conflicts of interest
12 Patient choice
13 Access to clinical information
14 Records and audit trails
15 Communication with other healthcare professionals
16 Controlled drugs
17 Prescribing and administration
18 SOPs, commissioning requirements and indemnity
19 When prescribing and supply by the same pharmacist may be appropriate
20 When the functions should be separated
21 Errors, incidents and audit
22 Key points

Pharmacist independent prescribers increasingly provide services in which they assess a patient, prescribe a medicine and arrange for it to be dispensed or supplied from the same pharmacy. In some services, the pharmacist prescriber may personally undertake every stage. They may assess the patient, make the prescribing decision, generate the prescription, clinically check it, dispense…

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