Articles 12A to 12C

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Textual Amendments

PART IPARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A PATIENT GROUP DIRECTION

(a)the period during which the Direction shall have effect;

(b)the description or class of prescription only medicine to which the Direction relates;

(c)whether there are any restrictions on the quantity of medicine which may be supplied on any one occasion, and, if so, what restrictions;

(d)the clinical situations which prescription only medicines of that description or class may be used to treat;

(e)the clinical criteria under which a person shall be eligible for treatment;

(f)whether any class of person is excluded from treatment under the Direction and, if so, what class of person;

(g)whether there are circumstances in which further advice should be sought from a doctor or dentist and, if so, what circumstances;

(h)the pharmaceutical form or forms in which prescription only medicines of that description or class are to be administered;

(i)the strength, or maximum strength, at which prescription only medicines of that description or class are to be administered;

(j)the applicable dosage or maximum dosage;

(k)the route of administration;

(l)the frequency of administration;

(m)any minimum or maximum period of administration applicable to prescription only medicines of that description or class;

(n)whether there are any relevant warnings to note, and, if so, what warnings;

(o)whether there is any follow up action to be taken in any circumstances, and, if so, what action and in what circumstances;

(p)arrangements for referral for medical advice;

(q)details of the records to be kept of the supply, or the administration, of medicines under the Direction.

PART IIPERSONS ON WHOSE BEHALF A PATIENT GROUP DIRECTION MUST BE SIGNED

Column 1Column 2
Class of person by whom a prescription only medicine is supplied or administeredPerson on whose behalf the Direction must be signed
Common Services AgencyThe Agency
Health AuthorityThe Health Authority
Special Health AuthorityThe Special Health Authority
NHS trustThe trust
Primary Care TrustThe Trust
A person who supplies or administers a prescription only medicine pursuant to an arrangement made with the Common Services Agency, a Health Authority, a Special Health Authority, an NHS trust or a Primary Care TrustThe Common Services Agency, where the arrangement has been made with the Agency; or the Health Authority, Special Health Authority, NHS trust or Primary Care Trust with which the arrangement has been made

PART IIICLASSES OF INDIVIDUAL BY WHOM SUPPLIES MAY BE MADE