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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