PRIVATE CONTROLLED DRUG PRESCRIBER CODE

A PRIVATE CONTROLLED DRUG PRESCRIBER CODE is allocated by the NHS Prescription Services to private prescribers who prescribe schedule 2 and 3 controlled drugs that are intended to be dispensed by registered pharmacies.

Note: A registered pharmacy means  Pharmacy Premises  registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council  and listed on the General Pharmaceutical Council Register .

For information on Controlled Drugs, see the NHS Business Services Authority Prescription Pricing Division website.

Private Controlled Drug Prescribers fall into one of the following types:

• Private General Practitioners

• Private Nurses

• Private Pharmacists

• Private Optometrists

• Private Physiotherapists

• Private Radiographers

• Private Podiatrists.

Each Private Controlled Drug Prescriber is linked to one Integrated Care Board. This is the Integrated Care Board  that is responsible for the Private Controlled Drug Prescriber and may not necessarily be the geographic Integrated Care Board.

For further information, see the Organisation Data Service  pages of the NHS England  website at:

• Supporting documents: Standards repository guide
• GP and GP practice related data

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