Supplying Salbutamol Inhalers and Adrenaline Auto-Injectors to Schools

Patient group directions (PGDs)
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1 What Can Be Supplied?
2 Legal Basis
2.1 Salbutamol inhalers
2.2 Adrenaline auto-injectors
3 What Order Does the School Need to Provide?
4 Who Can the Medicines Be Used For?
4.1 Emergency salbutamol inhalers
4.2 Emergency adrenaline auto-injectors
5 Are Schools Required to Hold These Medicines?
6 What Can Pharmacists Supply?
7 Can Other POMs Be Supplied to Schools Under This Exemption?
8 Practical Pharmacy Checks
9 Administration in an Emergency
10 Key Legal Takeaways

Schools may legally obtain certain prescription-only medicines for emergency use without an individual prescription. This is a specific exemption under the Human Medicines Regulations 2012, not a general permission to supply POMs to schools. The relevant legal provisions are in Schedule 17 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012:https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1916/schedule/17 What Can Be Supplied? Schedule 17 allows…

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