F1SCHEDULE 7

Articles 12A to 12C

Annotations:

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

Annotations:

Column 1

Column 2

Class of person by whom a prescription only medicine is supplied or administered

Person on whose behalf the Direction must be signed

Common Services Agency

The Agency

F3Strategic Health Authority

F3The Strategic Health Authority

Health Authority

The Health Authority

Special Health Authority

The Special Health Authority

NHS trust

The trust

Primary Care Trust

The 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 Trust

The 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

F4PART IIAPERSONS BY WHOM OR ON WHOSE BEHALF A PATIENT GROUP DIRECTION USED IN THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE, THE PRISON SERVICES OR THE ARMED FORCES MUST BE SIGNED

Annotations:

Column 1

Force or service by whom or on whose behalf the health care is provided

Column 2

Person by whom or on whose behalf the Direction must be signed

A police force in England or Wales

The chief officer of police for that police force (within the meaning of the Police Act 1996)

A police force in Scotland

The chief constable of that police force (within the meaning of the Police (Scotland) Act 1997)

The Police Service of Northern Ireland

The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland

The prison service in England and Wales

The governor of the prison in relation to which the health care in question is being provided

The prison service in Scotland

The Scottish Prison Service Management Board

The prison service in Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland Prison Service Management Board

Her Majesty’s Forces

i

the Surgeon General,

ii

a Medical Director General, or

iii

a chief executive of an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence

PART IIICLASSES OF INDIVIDUAL F2BY WHOM PRESCRIPTION ONLY MEDICINES MAY BE SUPPLIED OR ADMINISTERED

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  • F5Registered paramedics or individuals who hold a certificate of proficiency in ambulance paramedic skills issued by, or with the approval of, the Secretary of State.

  • Pharmacists.

  • Registered health visitors.

  • Registered midwives.

  • Registered nurses.

  • Registered ophthalmic opticians.

  • F6Registered chiropodists.

  • F7Registered orthoptists.

  • Registered physiotherapists.

  • Registered radiographers.