Non-Medical Prescribers

The documents below contain standard forms for communicating information to Prescribing Services for non-medical prescribers.

Each form is published in two formats:

MS Word documents for electronic completion
PDF documents for general printing

LOCUM IP Prescription Pad Requests

To order an IP Locum prescription pad for your pharmacy can the superintendent pharmacist / pharmacy owner please email using the following address:
nwssp-primarycareservices@wales.nhs.uk marking the email 'FAO Pharmacy Contracts Team'. Please be aware that the pharmacy needs to be accredited on the AWPD and have a pharmacist already registered.

All Other IP Requests

Please submit your completed form to:

email: Prescribing.Management@Wales.nhs.uk

Key Document

Nurse Prescriber Annex A1 & A2

Nurse Prescriber Annex A1 (PDF,8.94kkb)

Nurse Prescriber Annex A1 (doc,4.75kb)

Nurse Prescriber Annex A2 (PDF,9kb)

Nurse Prescriber Annex A2 (doc,46.5kb)

Independent Prescriber Notification Form

Independent Prescriber Notification Form (PDF,128kb)

Independent Prescriber Notification Form (doc,92kb)

Independent Prescriber Notification WAST (Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust) (PDF,118kb)

Independent Prescriber Notification WAST (Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust) (doc,80kb)

Optometrist Independent Prescriber Notification Form

Optometrist Independent Prescriber Notification Form (PDF,117kb)

Optometrist Independent Prescriber Notification Form (doc,58kb)

Pharmacy Independent Prescriber Notification Form

Pharmacy Independent Prescriber Notification Form (PDF,129kb)

Pharmacy Independent Prescriber Notification Form (doc,65.5kb)

Supplementary Prescriber Notification Form

Supplementary Prescriber Notification Form (PDF,134kb)

Supplementary Prescriber Notification Form (doc,91kb)

FAQs

How do I contact you?

You can contact us by phone, email or post. Visit our Contact Us page for further information

Why have we moved to automated prescription processing?

Automated processing allows us to improve the accuracy of reimbursement to contractors by reducing the potential for human error. Our accuracy rate has improved from 99.15% to 99.54% since the introduction of automated processing.

It also improves our efficiency, making a significant contribution to: -

Our ability to continue to reimburse contractors in accordance with SLA timescales in the face of ever increasing prescription volumes
Our ability to release funds to be reinvested in front line NHS services. We process 47% more prescription items with 53% fewer staff since the inception of our automation programme.

Medicines Use Review & Prescription Interventions - what is the difference?

A number of queries have been raised by pharmacists regarding the differentiation between MURs and prescription intervention MURs. To clarify the matter Welsh Government has confirmed that there is only one service (i.e. the MUR service) but the service may be prompted in different ways.

Regular MURs can be prompted pro-actively by identification of a certain group of patients that subsequently lead to an invitation for a Medicines Use Review.

A prescription intervention MUR is more reactive, in the sense that it is the response to a significant adherence problem with a person's medication that subsequently leads to an MUR being conducted. This is distinct from pharmacists making clinical interventions on prescriptions (e.g. where an interaction is identified and there is a need to get a prescription amended) which are required by the terms of service for all pharmacy contractors.

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