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Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
How to account for VAT on goods and services provided by registered health professionals, including doctors, dentists, nurses and pharmacists.
Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) directions coming into force on 1 February 2013.
Guidance for healthcare professionals on providing free prescriptions for participants in the HEAL-COVID or STIMULATE-ICP long COVID clinical trials.
The process for listing PCTs in the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) Authorisation Directions 2008 as amended has restarted.
How veterinary medicines can be advertised.
Guidance for prescribing vets on the use of the cascade.
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
It's illegal to drive if you're unfit to do so because you're on legal or illegal drugs, or you have certain levels of drugs or medicine in your blood
Explains changes to drug driving law and the guidance available for healthcare professionals and users of prescription medicine.
An annual report including information on prescription items dispensed and net ingredient cost.
Charges for NHS prescriptions, wigs and fabric supports will increase on 1 May 2024.
Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) provides details of the number of items and the net ingredient cost of all prescriptions dispensed in Northern Ireland. The drugs dispensed are listed by British National Formulary (BNF) therapeutic class.
Fake, potentially harmful Ozempic and Saxenda pens have been found in the UK: you should only access these medicines via a medical prescription.
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