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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.
Applying for an individual domestic drugs licence to prescribe cocaine, diamorphine and dipipanone for the treatment of addiction.
Pharmacy (P), prescription-only (POM), and general sale list (GSL) medicines: apply to move your medicine to a different classification.
How to register with an NHS doctor and patient questionnaires in Ukrainian and Russian.
Information for patients, healthcare professionals and developers of new medicines
Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
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.
Safety leaflet on opioid medicines to help patients and their families reduce the risks of harm.
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