Patient details are added in this area.
You should include:
- Patient name
- Patient address
Information regarding a patient's age are added here.
For patients under 12 years, the age or date of birth must be stated. This is not a legal requirement for older patients. However this is still good practice.
Details of prescribed medication(s) are added here.
You should add:
- Medication name and form (e.g. paracetamol suspension)
- Medication strength where appropriate (e.g. 120mg/5ml, 50mg, 1%)
- Dosage instructions (e.g. 5mls to be taken four times each day, one capsule in the morning
For some controlled drugs (e.g. morphine):
- Either the total quantity of the preparation or the number of dose units in both words and figures
You should sign the prescription.
Write the date of prescription completion here.
- Standard prescripitions are valid for 6 months following completion
- Prescripitions for some controlled medications (e.g. morphine, pethidine) are valid for 28 days following completion