Private Controlled Drug Prescriptions
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To prescribe controlled drugs privately in England:
- Advanced Printing must be switched on and a printer profile for Private CD Prescription set up with stationery FP10PCDSS.
- They must be printed on CD prescription form FP10PCDSS
- A Private Controlled Drug Prescriber (PCD) code must be added to the prescriber in Vision 3, it replaces the PPA/NMC/HSW code in the clinician box on the left-hand side of all FP10PCDSS prescriptions. To add the PCD code:
- From the Vision 3 front screen, select Management Tools - Control Panel - File Maintenance.
- Select the prescriber and then Edit.
- Select the Identifiers tab and then select Add.
- From Identifier Type select PCD Code and enter the 6-digit PCD code into Identifier Value.
Select OK to save.
See Adding Staff - A Quick Reference Guide in the Management Tools Help Centre for full details.
When controlled drugs are prescribed privately in England:
- Warnings display, see Warnings on Adding a Private Controlled Drug for details.
- The prescriber type prints at the top of the drug area on the prescription form, according to staff role:
- Private doctor
- Private nurse prescriber
- Private pharmacist prescriber
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You cannot print private controlled drug prescriptions in Scotland, they must be handwritten on private CD prescriptions PPCD(1).
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To prescribe controlled drugs privately in Wales an Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) code must be added to the prescriber in Vision 3.
To add the IPC code:
- From the Vision 3 front screen, select Management Tools - Control Panel - File Maintenance.
- Select the prescriber and then Edit.
- Select the Identifiers tab and then select Add.
- From Identifier Type select IPC Code and enter the code into Identifier Value. The code format is PNNNNNN, for example, P123456.
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Select OK to save.
See Controlled Drugs and Warnings on Adding a Private Controlled Drug for details.
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