Prescribing Rights

Different types of prescribers hold different prescribing rights. It is important for pharmacy contractors to be able to identify which products each type of prescriber is entitled to prescribe.

Click here for further information of the prescribing rights for different types of prescriber:

Doctors
Click here for the General Medical Council searchable register

Pharmacist Independent Prescribers
Click here for the GPhC’s searchable register of Pharmacists

Physiotherapists independent prescribers
Click here for the Health and Care Professions Council’s searchable register

Chiropodists/Podiatrists independent prescribers
Click here for the Health and Care Professions Council’s searchable register

Dentists
Click here for the General Dental Council searchable register

Nurse independent prescribers
Click here for the NMC searchable register

Independent therapeutic radiographer prescribers
Click here for the Health and Care Professions Council’s searchable register

Optometrist independent prescribers
Click here for the General Optical Council searchable register

Paramedic independent prescribers
Click here for the Health and Care Professions Council’s searchable register

Community practitioner nurse prescribers
Click here for the NMC searchable register

Supplementary prescribers
Supplementary prescribers could be: pharmacists, midwives, nurses, chiropodists, podiatrists, physiotherapists, radiographers, optometrists.

Click here for the Health and Care Professions Council’s searchable register