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The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2023

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Orders for drugs, medicines and appliances E+W

49.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (4) and to the restrictions on prescribing in paragraphs 55 and 56, a prescriber must order any drugs, medicines or appliances which are needed for the treatment of any patient who is receiving treatment under the contract by—

(a)issuing to the patient a non-electronic prescription form or a non-electronic repeatable prescription completed in accordance with sub-paragraph (6), or

(b)creating and transmitting an electronic prescription in circumstances to which paragraph 50(1) applies,

and a non-electronic prescription form, non-electronic repeatable prescription or electronic prescription that is for health service use must not be used in any other circumstances.

(2) If, on a particular occasion when a drug, medicine or appliance is needed as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)the prescriber is able, without delay, to order the drug, medicine or appliance by means of an electronic prescription,

(b)the Electronic Prescription Service software that the prescriber would use for that purpose provides for the creation and transmission of electronic prescriptions without the need for a nominated dispenser, and

(c)none of the reasons for issuing a non-electronic prescription form or a non-electronic repeatable prescription given in sub-paragraph (3) apply,

the prescriber must create and transmit an electronic prescription for that drug, medicine or appliance.

(3) The reasons given in this sub-paragraph are—

(a)although the prescriber is able to use the Electronic Prescription Service, the prescriber is not satisfied that—

(i)the access that the prescriber has to the Electronic Prescription Service is reliable, or

(ii)the Electronic Prescription Service is functioning reliably,

(b)the patient, or where appropriate the patient’s authorised person, informs the prescriber that the patient wants the option of having the prescription dispensed elsewhere than in Wales, or

(c)the patient, or where appropriate the patient’s authorised person, insists on the patient being issued with a non-electronic prescription form or, a non-electronic repeatable prescription for a particular prescription and in the professional judgement of the prescriber the welfare of the patient is likely to be in jeopardy unless a non-electronic prescription form or a non-electronic repeatable prescription is issued.

(4) A health care professional must order any home oxygen services which are needed for the treatment of any patient who is receiving treatment under the contract by issuing a home oxygen order form.

(5) A prescriber may order drugs, medicines or appliances on a repeatable prescription only where the drugs, medicines or appliances are to be provided more than once.

(6) In issuing a non-electronic prescription form or a non-electronic repeatable prescription, the prescriber must—

(a)sign the prescription form or repeatable prescription in ink in the prescriber’s own handwriting, and not by means of a stamp, with the prescriber’s initials, or forenames, and surname, and

(b)only sign the prescription form or repeatable prescription after particulars of the order have been inserted in the prescription form or repeatable prescription.

(7) A prescription form or repeatable prescription must not refer to any previous prescription form or repeatable prescription.

(8) A separate prescription form or repeatable prescription must be used for each patient, except where a bulk prescription is issued for a school or institution under paragraph 57.

(9) A home oxygen order form must be signed by a health care professional.

(10) Where a prescriber orders the drug buprenorphine or diazepam or a drug specified in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001M1 (controlled drugs to which regulations 14 to [F116, 16A, 18] to 21, 23, 26 and 27 of those Regulations apply) for supply by instalments for treating addiction to any drug specified in that Schedule, the prescriber must—

(a)use only the prescription form provided specially for the purposes of supply by instalments,

(b)specify the number of instalments to be dispensed and the interval between each instalment, and

(c)order only such quantity of the drug as provides treatment for a period not exceeding 14 days.

(11) The prescription form provided specially for the purpose of supply by instalments must not be used for any purpose other than ordering drugs in accordance with sub-paragraph (10).

(12) In an urgent case, a prescriber may request an NHS pharmacist to dispense a drug or medicine before a prescription form or repeatable prescription is issued or created, only if—

(a)that drug or medicine is not a Scheduled drug,

(b)the drug is not a controlled drug within the meaning of section 2 of the [F2Misuse of Drugs Act 1971M2 ] (which relates to controlled drugs and their classification for the purposes of that Act), other than a drug which is for the time being specified in Part 1 of Schedule 4 (controlled drugs subject to the requirements of regulations 22, 23, 26 and 27) or Schedule 5 (controlled drugs excepted from the prohibition on importation, exportation and possession and subject to the requirements of regulations 24 and 26) to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001, and

(c)the prescriber undertakes to—

(i)provide the NHS pharmacist, within 72 hours beginning with the time of the request, with a non-electronic prescription form or a non-electronic repeatable prescription completed in accordance with sub-paragraph (6), or

(ii)transmit an electronic prescription by the Electronic Prescription Service within 72 hours, beginning with the time of the request.

(13) In an urgent case, a prescriber may request an NHS pharmacist to dispense an appliance before a prescription form or repeatable prescription is issued or created, only if—

(a)the appliance does not contain a Scheduled drug, or a controlled drug within the meaning of section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (which relates to controlled drugs and their classification for the purposes of that Act), other than a drug which is for the time being specified in Schedule 5 to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (controlled drugs excepted from the prohibition on importation, exportation and possession and subject to the requirements of regulations 24 and 26),

(b)where the appliance is a restricted availability appliance, the patient is a person, or the appliance is for a purpose, specified in the Drug Tariff, and

(c)the prescriber undertakes to—

(i)provide the NHS pharmacist, within 72 hours beginning with the time of the request, with a non-electronic prescription form or non-electronic repeatable prescription completed in accordance with sub-paragraph (6), or

(ii)transmit an electronic prescription by the Electronic Prescription Service within 72 hours, beginning with the time of the request.

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