SLS Endorsing

For NHS prescribing, certain items can only be prescribed as NHS prescriptions if they comply with specific criteria. Such items are endorsed with "SLS" on the prescription form. Vision 3 automatically does this for you.

However, some items which require SLS endorsement belong to more than one action group (ie Clobazam belongs to both Control of Epilepsy and Anxiolytics action groups). Vision 3 endorses the prescription with "SLS" regardless of the action group. This is because SLS items for NHS prescribing are linked to the drug item and not the action group selected in Vision 3. Where prescribing falls outside of the SLS regulations, the item may not be prescribed on the NHS. If prescribing items listed in Part XVIIIB of the Drug Tariff for conditions other than the stated purpose, the prescriber must manually amend the medication item to a private prescription.