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Multi-part question: part 1 of 5
With regards to the processing of prescriptions/orders in the pharmacy, how must the following be processed? Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.
Private prescription for a Schedule 2 CD.
Private prescriptions for Schedule 2 CDs should be sent to the relevant NHS agency.
With regards to the processing of prescriptions/orders in the pharmacy, how must the following be processed? Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.
A veterinary prescription for a Schedule 2 CD.
Veterinary prescriptions for Schedule 2 CDs should be retained for 5 years, there is no requirement to submit them to the relevant NHS agency.
With regards to the processing of prescriptions/orders in the pharmacy, how must the following be processed? Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.
An NHS prescription for a Schedule 2 CD.
NHS prescriptions for Schedule 2 CDs should be sent to the relevant NHS agency.
With regards to the processing of prescriptions/orders in the pharmacy, how must the following be processed? Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.
A requisition for a Schedule 2 CD from a registered doctor.
Submitted to the relevant NHS agency
With regards to the processing of prescriptions/orders in the pharmacy, how must the following be processed? Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.
A requisition for a Schedule 2 CD from a veterinarian.
Veterinary requisitions for Schedule 2 CDs should be retained for 5 years, there is no requirement to submit them to the relevant NHS agency.
What is the last date you could dispense the following prescriptions? Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.
A final repeat on a private prescription requesting 3 repeats for a schedule 4 CD. The prescription was signed and first dispensed on 02/09/24.
There is no legal time limit on the dispensing of private repeat prescriptions for schedule 4 CDs if the first dispensing took place within 28 days of the appropriate date. It should be based on clinical judgement.
How many times in total (i.e. first dispensing plus repeats) can you dispense the following prescriptions?
A private prescription for a combined hormonal contraceptive with the word ‘repeat’ stated on the prescription.
Private prescriptions for combined hormonal contraceptives that state ‘repeat’ can be dispensed a total of 6 times.
For the following prescriptions, select what would be the most appropriate course of action if presented with one in a community pharmacy. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.
A computer generated and hand signed prescription for bendroflumethiazide from a Spanish doctor for a British patient.
Consider dispensing the prescription if the appropriate prescriber checks can be made
EEA and Swiss prescribers can write prescriptions that can be dispensed in the UK so long as it is a product available in the UK and meets prescription writing requirements.
For the following prescriptions, select what would be the most appropriate course of action if presented with one in a community pharmacy. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.
A computer generated and hand signed prescription for salbutamol from a doctor who is registered in Australia, presented by a British patient.
Do NOT dispense the prescription, prescriptions from prescribers in this country are not valid in the UK
Australian prescribers are not valid prescribers in the UK unless they are also registered with the GMC or another EEA or Swiss regulator.
What date do private prescriptions get dispensed against?
The appropriate date of an NHS prescription is either the signature date or the date indicated by the prescriber as a date before which the medicine should not be supplied, whichever is the later. However, for a private prescription the appropriate date will always be the date on which it was signed.
A requisition for a controlled drug which has been requested as an emergency by a doctor should be furnished within this many hours.
24
A veterinary prescription for a controlled drug should be retained in the pharmacy for this length of years.
5
The invoice for Sativex® is recommended by NICE to be retained for this length of years for the purpose of HM Revenue and Custom.
6
Sativex is a Schedule 4 Part I, thus no requirement to retain invoice. However, NICE recommends to retain for 6 years for HM Tax and Custom purposes.
The number of times a private prescription for an oral contraceptive may be repeated.
5
If a private prescription does not state the number of times the item maybe repeated, it can be repeated once, except if it is for contraception where it can be repeated five times.
Based on the below days/packs supplied, what is the maximum number of days/packs of medication that you could legally give to a patient as an emergency supply for the following medications, if any? Each option may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
Rifaximin for travellers’ diarrhoea. Please give number of day(s).
3
For an orally administered liquid antibiotic, the smallest quantity to provide a full course should be given. For tablet antibiotics, the maximum supply is 30 days treatment, but a pharmacist should consider the appropriateness regarding the amount they supply. For the case of an antibiotic with a fixed course, the amount to complete the course would be appropriate - which at the most would be 3 days.
