Law, accountability and controlled drugs

  1. HCPC: prescribing rights and scope of practice
    Helpful for understanding legal authority, professional competence and annotation of the register.

  2. HCPC: controlled drugs
    Sets out the profession-specific controlled-drug rights of HCPC independent prescribers. These rights differ between professions and must not be generalised from one profession to another.

  3. NICE NG46: Controlled drugs - safe use and management
    Covers prescribing, administration, record keeping, governance, monitoring and reporting concerns.

  4. UK legislation: Human Medicines Regulations 2012
    Primary legislation relevant to medicine supply, administration and prescribing.

  5. UK legislation: Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001
    The legal foundation for controlled-drug scheduling, prescribing and record-keeping in Great Britain. Northern Ireland has separate regulations.

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