Medicines

Here is a brief description of recent policy changes. Please make yourself aware of the changes, as they may also impact training requirements.

Policies that have been added, updated or renewed within the last 30 days are all stored on the Recent Updates page of the Policies and Documents library. So you can find these documents there or search from the homepage.

Elective Care Cancer Access Policy

  • Updated to reflect cancer waiting times

Registering and De-Registering Non-Medical Prescribers with NHSBSA and Ordering and Destroying Prescriptions Issued to NMPs Working in Community Policy

  • Link to NMP Policy appendices updated
  • Hubs updated to localities

Medicine Code Policies

Section 17 The Medicine Code - Medicines No Longer Required Return or Disposal

  • Environmental Officer changed to Environmental Manager
  • Changed expiry of sharps to 6 months from 3 months as per the Waste Management Policy
  • Pre-acceptance inspections can now be carried out internally as well as externally
  • Incident reporting has changed from Datix to InPhase
  • Non-pharmaceutical waste section updated
  • Waste posters updated
  • New Waste Management Disposal Procedure & Sharps Disposal Guides added
  • New link added for Hazardous drugs list – previously only listed the medications purchased by the trust, this now has a full list. This is because of frequent changes to what the trust stock/purchase
  • Update on where spillage kits are obtained in Community

Section 40 The Medicine Code - Self-Prescribing for Close Friends, Family and Colleagues

  • Definition of emergency situations list expanded
  • Outpatient Pharmacy updated from Rowlands to CHS Outpatient Pharmacy

Section 43 The Medicine Code - Non-Medical Prescribing Policy

  • Therapeutic area of prescribing & Application to prescribe Specialist Medicines –NMP to sign off confirming that all prescribing will be in the NMP’s area of clinical competence
  • All applications can be scanned (on CHFT scanner) for signatures
  • Notes for completion strengthened on all application forms
  • Trainee Pharmacists will automatically qualify as independent prescribers upon completing their registration exam – paragraph and document added
  • Prescribing no longer required as part of job role added

Section 48 The Medicine Code - Immunisation Policy

  • References to Covid-19 Vaccinations for Trust employees removed
  • Occupational vaccines offered updated to remove: BCG, Covid-19, Hepatitis A and Typhoid