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How to register with an NHS doctor and patient questionnaires in Ukrainian and Russian.
When entering the UK, you need to prove your medicine is prescribed to you if it contains a controlled drug - find out what proof you need to get.
Pharmacy, prescription-only (POM), and general sale list (GSL) medicines: apply to move your medicine to a different classification.
Applying for an individual domestic drugs licence to prescribe cocaine, diamorphine and dipipanone for the treatment of addiction.
Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
Information for patients, healthcare professionals and developers of new medicines
Guidance for pharmacists on prescriptions issued in EU countries, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
Safety leaflet on opioid medicines to help patients and their families reduce the risks of harm.
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
How to comply with the requirements on promoting medicines to the public and to prescribers and suppliers of medicines.
How to account for VAT on goods and services provided by registered health professionals, including doctors, dentists, nurses and pharmacists.
How to get state healthcare when you’re on holiday or travelling to Spain.
Report a problem ('adverse incident') with a medical device or medicine to MHRA using the Yellow Card Scheme
Safety leaflet on topical corticosteroids and withdrawal reactions to help patients and their carers to use these medicines safely.
Information and documents on Public Health England’s review of the evidence for dependence on, and withdrawal from, prescribed medicines.
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