F1SCHEDULE 7
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 F14sold or 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
Words in Sch. 7 Pt. 2 inserted (1.10.2002) by The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2469), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 73(4)
Words in Sch. 7 Pt. 2 inserted (1.4.2004) by The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (Supplementary and Consequential Provision) (NHS Foundation Trusts) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/696), arts. 1(1)(b), 3(2), Sch. 2
Column 1 | Column 2 |
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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 F8or NHS foundation 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, F10, an NHS foundation 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 F9or NHS foundation 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
Sch. 7 Pt. 2A inserted (4.4.2003) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/696), arts. 1(1), 17
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 |
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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 |
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PART IIICLASSES OF INDIVIDUAL F2BY WHOM PRESCRIPTION ONLY MEDICINES MAY BE SUPPLIED OR ADMINISTERED
Words in Sch. 7 Pt. 3 heading substituted (16.11.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2899), arts. 1(1), 3(2)
Words in Sch. 7 Pt. 3 substituted (9.7.2003) by The Health Professions Order 2001 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1590), art. 1, Sch. para. 21(4)(a)
Words in Sch. 7 Pt. 3 omitted (1.8.2004) by virtue of The Health Act 1999 (Consequential Amendments) (Nursing and Midwifery) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1771), art. 1(1), Sch. para. 39(b)
Words in Order substituted (30.6.2005 as notified in the London Gazette dated 3.6.2005) by The Opticians Act 1989 (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/848), Sch. 1 para. 27(b)
Word in Sch. 7 Pt. 3 substituted (9.7.2003) by The Health Professions Order 2001 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1590), art. 1, Sch. para. 21(4)(b)
Words in Sch. 7 Pt. 3 substituted (9.7.2003) by The Health Professions Order 2001 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1590), art. 1, Sch. para. 21(4)(c)
Words in Sch. 7 Pt. 3 added (18.5.2004) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1189), arts. 1(1), 5
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.
F12...
Registered midwives.
Registered nurses.
F13Registered optometrists
F6Registered chiropodists.
F7Registered orthoptists.
Registered physiotherapists.
Registered radiographers.
F11“Registered dietitians.”;
F11“Registered occupational therapists.”;
F11“Registered orthotists and prosthetists.”; and
F11“Registered speech and language therapists.”
Sch. 7 inserted (9.8.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1917), arts. 1(1), 2(e)