Amendment of Schedule 3A to the POM Order2.

In the table in Schedule 3A to the POM Order6 (substances which may be prescribed, administered or directed for administration by extended formulary nurse prescribers and conditions for such prescription or administration), in column 1, insert, at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order of the entries as they appear in that column, the entries set out in column 1 below, and in column 2, insert, against those entries, the corresponding entries in column 2 below—

Column 1

Column 2

Buprenorphine

Transdermal administration in palliative care

Chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride

Oral

Diamorphine hydrochloride

Oral and parenteral

Fentanyl

Transdermal administration in palliative care

Morphine sulphate

Oral, parenteral and rectal

Morphine hydrochloride

Rectal

Oxycodone hydrochloride

Oral and parenteral administration in palliative care