4. Other relevant laws and Regulations governing the use of Medicinal Products in the UK include :
Medicines Act 1968
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and associated regulations
Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (consent to treatment)

5. As you can see there is a huge range of legislation and guidance to back up medicines administration and it is changing all the time

6. The Green Book can be accessed at

17. Statutory Instrument (2000a) The Prescription only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order Statutory Instrument no. 1917, London: The Stationery Office.

18. “The qualified health professionals who may supply or administer medicines under a Patient Group Direction are nurses; midwives; health visitors; optometrists; pharmacists; chiropodists; radiographers; orthoptists; physiotherapists and ambulance paramedics. They can only do so as named individuals. Trusts will wish to consider how they maintain a record of the named individuals operating under Patient Group Directions”. Scottish Government MEL (2001) 07) -

29. * Prescribing Centre : Competency Framework for health professionals using Patient Group Directives: Implementing the NICE good practice guidance on Patient Group Directions (GPG2), (NICE 2014) A 9 point framework has been developed by the NHS National Prescribing Centre. It describes the competencies staff supplying or administering Medicines using a PGD must have and is a useful source of information.