Self-prescribing: dispensing prescriptions written by prescribers for themselves

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1 Is a self-prescribed prescription legally valid?

2 Doctors prescribing for themselves

3 Who would be in the wrong?

4 Pharmacist independent prescribers

5 Controlled drugs

6 The pharmacist’s decision to supply

7 NHS prescriptions in England

8 When supply may be appropriate

9 Refusing to supply

10 Raising concerns

11 Key points

Self-prescribing occurs when a registered prescriber issues a prescription for their own treatment. For example, a doctor or pharmacist independent prescriber may present a pharmacy with a prescription on which they are both the prescriber and the named patient. A self-prescribed prescription is not automatically invalid. However, self-prescribing raises important concerns about independent clinical assessment,…

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