Independent Prescribing: Practical Prescribing
October 11, 2009 by admin
As a nurse working in private healthcare, can I administer injectable medicines such as Botox Vistabel, Dysport, and Azzalure in cosmetic procedures using a patient group direction (PGD)? Could I prescribe these treatments?
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Administration of injectable cosmetic treatments
April 10, 2009 by admin
The NMC has updated its advice (January 2009) on the administration of injectable cosmetic treatments. It says that the administration of, for example, a botulinum toxin injection, by a patient group direction or patient specific direction that has been signed remotely by someone who has not seen the patient is contrary to its ‘Standards for Medicines Management’ Any injectable cosmetic treatment should only be administered after a registered prescriber has made a comprehensive assessment and written and signed the prescription. Remote prescribing should not be used routinely to administer such injections.
NB: The NMC has now removed this advice sheet from its website because it says some of the information was “potentially misleading” and it will be updated as soon as possible.
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