Repeat Authorisation (RA)

The Repeat Authorisation or batch prescription master is printed first. This is the one that is signed by the prescriber and is the legal prescription.

The following text is printed before the drug details on a batch prescription (where n is the maximum number of repeats):

• GP AUTHORISING REPEAT
• Authorising no. of issues = n
• RA is printed near the drugs and near the signature box on the Repeat Authorisation.
• The RA batch prescription contains the right-hand reorder form. If the reorder form is of length it continues to print onto the right hand side of the issues.
• More than one batch drug can be printed on the same prescription, providing this is permitted by the existing printing rules (for instance, oxygen is printed separately).