What makes a prescription valid in the UK?
Signature – prescriptions need to be signed in ink by an appropriate practitioner in their own name. An ‘advanced electronic signature’ can be used to authorise an electronic prescription; this is a signature that is linked uniquely to the signatory, capable of identifying the signatory and created using means over which the signatory can maintain sole control.
Address – prescriptions must include the address of the appropriate practitioner (see 3.3.1)
Date – prescriptions need to include the date on which they were signed; a prescription is valid for up to six months from the appropriate date (for prescriptions for schedules 2, 3 or 4 controlled drugs, see section 3.7.7). The appropriate date is the later of either the date on which the prescription was signed or a date indicated by the appropriate practitioner (see 3.3.1) as the date before which it should not be dispensed
Name of the patient
Address of the patient (not required for prescriptions written by EEA or Swiss prescribers)
Age of the patient - if under 12 years old (not required for prescriptions written by EEA or Swiss prescribers)
Signature – prescriptions need to be signed in ink by an appropriate practitioner in their own name. An ‘advanced electronic signature’ can be used to authorise an electronic prescription; this is a signature that is linked uniquely to the signatory, capable of identifying the signatory and created using means over which the signatory can maintain sole control.
Address – prescriptions must include the address of the appropriate practitioner (see 3.3.1)
Date – prescriptions need to include the date on which they were signed; a prescription is valid for up to six months from the appropriate date (for prescriptions for schedules 2, 3 or 4 controlled drugs, see section 3.7.7). The appropriate date is the later of either the date on which the prescription was signed or a date indicated by the appropriate practitioner (see 3.3.1) as the date before which it should not be dispensed
Name of the patient
Address of the patient (not required for prescriptions written by EEA or Swiss prescribers)
Age of the patient - if under 12 years old (not required for prescriptions written by EEA or Swiss prescribers)
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