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Distant selling pharmacies warning of high-risk medication prescription

by | May 23, 2019 | Uncategorized

The GPhC- General Pharmaceutical Council published an updated guidance for distance selling pharmacies regarding authentication and verification check before supplying certain type/categories of prescription-only medicines (POMs).

This should ensure that patients only receive and being supplied safe and appropriate medication during treatment. Therefore the update means a prescriber at distant selling pharmacy should contact the patient’s GP in advance of issuing a prescription of high-risk medication.

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