BMA guidance - Prescribing in general practice (26 July 2021)

Summary

This guidance from the British Medical Association (BMA) covers frequently asked questions around prescribing in primary care and informs GPs of the BMA general practice committee’s policies in prescribing.

Content

The guidance covers:

• Drug switching
• Exemptions from prescription charges
• Excessive prescribing 
• Medicines shortages
• Non-GP prescribing
• Prescribing numbers for GPs
• Prescribing incentive schemes
• Prescribing advice
• Working with pharmacists
• Community drug charts
• Prescription intervals
• Travel vaccinations
• Supplementary and independent prescribing
• Private prescriptions
• Charging patients
• Patient rights and responsibilities